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Critics' Lists: Summer 2012

Book Party For One: A Loner's Summer Survival Guide

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Summer is a trying time for introverts, what with the barbecues and the graduations and the picnics by the pool. If you'd always choose a good book over a good party, critic Maureen Corrigan has a list for you.

Book Party For One: A Loner's Summer Survival Guide

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No One In 'The Red House' Gets Away Unscathed
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No One In 'The Red House' Gets Away Unscathed

A vacation in the remote English countryside brings all sorts of family tensions to a boil in Mark Haddon's latest novel, The Red House. Haddon says the poetic language in the book is as much a part of the narrative as any of the characters.

No One In 'The Red House' Gets Away Unscathed

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What Are Your Summer Reads?

Rex Grignon, Reading Between the 'Toons

The head of character animation at DreamWorks, Rex Grignon, tells us what he's reading. Grignon worked on Shrek, DreamWorks' first film Antz, and on the new comedy Madagascar. His book choices are usually not job-related.

Rex Grignon, Reading Between the 'Toons

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