Alta Monday Book Review
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Dream of Life
In The Glorians, Terry Tempest Williams speaks truth among the ruins.
THE MONDAY BOOK REVIEW
City of Kings
Naomi Hirahara sets her latest Japantown mystery in 1903 Pasadena, well before World War II.
Lives of the Poet
Swirl & Vortex brings Larry Levis back to prominence.
8 min
Twisted Intersection
In They Kill People, Kirk Ellis writes about America’s romance with guns and violence as depicted in the film Bonnie and Clyde.
The Forest Remembers
In Allison Mick’s Humboldt Cut, Northern California’s redwoods bear witness to generational trauma and depression.
8 min
Golden Run
Susan Orlean’s Joyride looks back on a mostly charmed life in journalism that wasn’t without its share of bumps.
6 min
Out of the Archives
In her sophomore novel, Beings, Ilana Masad weaves three compelling narratives about trust and belief.
Conspiracy Theory
In Shadow Ticket, Thomas Pynchon comes full circle—and then some.
The Price of Loyalty
McNamara at War, a new biography of Robert McNamara, reexamines his culpability in Vietnam.
7 min
What Reality Is This?
Elaine Castillo’s futuristic love story Moderation builds its own world.
6 min
An Adulterous Couple
Gary Krist reconstructs the story of a brazen crime in San Francisco.
Grifter’s Paradise
Nolan Knight’s new novel, The Gorgon of Los Feliz, explores the underbelly of contemporary L.A.
Oblique Strategies
In Which Walks, Laura Moriarty navigates the fallen world.
American Fantasy
Inventing History
9 min
The Adult in the Room
