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  • NONFICTION

    CHASING THE DEVIL

    SEPT. 13, 2011

NONFICTION

CHASING THE DEVIL

by Tim Butcher

This engaging tale will leave many reaching for their Graham Greene. Full review >

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  • FICTION

    THE DEVIL’S LARDER

    OCT. 1, 2001

FICTION

THE DEVIL’S LARDER

by Jim Crace

As one Crace character puts it, “Life is uncertain. Eat the pudding first.” Readers would be well advised not to bypass a... Full review >

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  • NONFICTION

    ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE

    NOV. 16, 2010

BUSINESS

ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE

by Bethany McLean and Joseph Nocera

Hard-hitting reporting and fluent writing bring the utter devastation of the Great Recession to life—with John Cassidy’s How... Full review >

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  • FICTION

    THE DEVIL IN AMBER

    FEB. 1, 2007

FICTION

THE DEVIL IN AMBER

by Mark Gatiss

An endlessly entertaining follow-up to actor/author Gatiss’s The Vesuvius Club (2005). Punning titles and a sprinkling of... Full review >

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  • FICTION

    THE DEVIL OF NANKING

    APRIL 1, 2005

THRILLER & SUSPENSE

THE DEVIL OF NANKING

by Mo Hayder

Served up with explicit gore that is not for the faint-hearted, but even more haunting than it is shocking as the author... Full review >

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  • NONFICTION

    THE DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND

    MARCH 23, 2004

HISTORY

THE DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND

by James Traub

What’s gained here is the pleasure of watching exemplary reporting illuminate a fascinating crossroads of American popular... Full review >

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  • NONFICTION

    THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY

    FEB. 1, 2003

HISTORY

THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY

by Erik Larson

Gripping drama, captured with a reporter’s nose for a good story and a novelist’s flair for telling it. Full review >

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