Alta Monday Book Review
THE LATEST
Sex and the City
In Lovers XXX, Allie Rowbottom imagines a porn industry pas de deux.
7 minTHE MONDAY BOOK REVIEW
Suburban Territory
Vanessa Hua’s pandemic novel, Coyoteland, revolves around the tension and conflicts among several neighboring families of different racial backgrounds.
Slashed from the Headlines
Jordan Harper’s grisly new neo-noir plumbs the depths of Hollywood depravity.
6 min
The Three-Hander
In No Way Home, T.C. Boyle invigorates a classic form.
7 min
Happiest Place on Earth
In Disneyland and the Rise of Automation, Roland Betancourt uncovers the stories behind the theme park’s legendary rides.
Love Me Like a Rock
Gabriel Tallent’s second novel, Crux, looks for the line.
The State of Hate
Eric Lichtblau’s American Reich situates Blaze Bernstein’s murder within a resurgent culture of white supremacy and violent bigotry.
Let’s Have Some Fun
Kathleen Boland discusses her rollicking debut novel, Scavengers.
Lights, Camera…Screen Time
Lauren Rothery’s debut novel, Television, breaks new ground with wicked wit.
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
Life Writing
In A Different Kind of Tension: New and Selected Stories, Jonathan Lethem takes us back and forth in time.
