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The New Torchlight List by Jim Flynn. New books and their authors are thrown to the wolves, aka reviewers, to be savaged, praised to the skies, or sadly just ignored. Flynn spent 6 years reading nearly 400 books by modern authors, including many new works in translation.

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Writers' festivals, TV book shows, radio interviews, book clubs, TED talks-- today's novelists are a travelling roadshow. Meanwhile their books are thrown to the wolves--aka reviewers--to be savaged, praised to the skies, or just ignored. In the midst of all this, how can the bewildered book-lover decide what to read? Is Toni Morrison America's best novelist? Perhaps it's Donna Tartt? Is Don DeLillo really a modern Tolstoy, Jonathan Franzen too self-conscious, and Hanya Yanagihara's A Little Life worth the hype? And what of the street tales of Junot D az? With British fiction, should you dive into the works of Ian McEwan? Hilary Mantel? Kazuo Ishiguro? And what is it about Martin Amis? And then there are all those Irish writers--Edna O'Brien, John Banville, Sebastian Barry, Colm T ib n, Colum McCann... What about new books in translation, from Italy's Elena Ferrante to Libya's Hisham Matar, Morocco's Tahar Ben Jelloun, Iran's Azar Nafisi and Israel's Edna Mazya--not to mention the classic works of Gabriel Garc a M rquez and Mario Vargas Llosa? Then there are New Zealand and Australia. Are Eleanor Catton's The Luminaries and Tim Winton's Cloudstreet as good as their prizes suggest? Is Maurice Gee's fame deserved? What about Peter Carey? And which New Zealand novelist should, in Flynn's view, be much more famous? Jim Flynn tackles the questions head-on in this racy no-holds-barred book, the sequel to his bestseller The Torchlight List. Readers will be shocked, surprised and sometimes enraged by Flynn's audacious opinions. Above all you will be inspired to try new authors, and read new work by authors you have loved in the past.

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Publisher
AWA Press
ISBN-10
1927249449
ISBN-13
9781927249444
eBay Product ID (ePID)
228751777

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Author
James Robert Flynn
Publication Name
New Torchlight List
Format
Uk-Trade PAPER
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
392 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
7in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
14.7 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Z1039.C65f59 2016
Reviews
"Those wanting some starting texts will be informed, and avid readers will enjoy agreeing or disagreeing with his selections . . . a great read, and conversation starter." --Helen Speirs, Otago Daily Times
Copyright Date
2016
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Modern / General, Books & Reading
Lccn
2017-415624
Genre
Literary Criticism

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