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Vagabonds: Life on the Streets of Nineteenth-Century London
By Oskar Jensen
Britain’s benighted scalawags had more agency than you thought.
The Extinction of Irena Rey: A Novel
By Jennifer Croft
Translators attempt to find a missing author — and their own senses of self.
Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar
By Cynthia Carr
A timely, tragic portrait of a transgender actress whose ambition couldn’t overcome discrimination.
The Blazing World
By Jonathan Healey
A sweeping account of an especially volatile British era.
Ringmaster
By Abraham Josephine Riesman
Did the wrestling mastermind really destroy politics in the U.S.?
The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic
By Daniel de Visé
An outstanding chronicle of Belushi and Aykroyd’s magical, comical bond.
What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom
By Arash Azizi
A heartening glimpse at recent protests inside Iran.
The Smoke in Our Eyes
By James Grady
A noirish glimpse of 1950s America through the eyes of a young boy.
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