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Our Week in Reviews: 7/4/26

A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.

    Putin’s Sledgehammer

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    Putin’s Sledgehammer

    By Candace Rondeaux

    An engrossing look at Yevgeny Prighozin’s soldiers-for-hire.

    Centroeuropa

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    Centroeuropa

    By Vicente Luis Mora; translated by Rahul Bery

    A quirky fairytale replete with a witch, a giant, and lots of corpses.

    Book Review

    Thistlefoot: A Novel

    By GennaRose Nethercott

    Thistlefoot: A Novel

    A moving Baba Yaga tale recast with estranged American siblings.

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    Valley of Shadows: A Novel

    A heavy dose of magical realism keeps the pages turning in this gritty, neo-Western mystery.

    Author Q&A

    An Interview with Rilla Askew

    By Mary Kay Zuravleff

    An Interview with Rilla Askew

    The novelist talks complex characters, Tudor England, and what Hilary Mantel meant to her.

    Book Review

    Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968

    Does successful social change require tactical prowess?

    Book News

    Award-Winning Voices

    By Caroline Bock

    Award-Winning Voices

    Suzanne Feldman and Anthony Moll discuss their new works.

    Book Review

    The Dog of Tithwal

    By Saadat Hasan Manto; translated by Khalid Hasan and Aatish Taseer

    The Dog of Tithwal

    A charged, sober collection about life in post-partition India and Pakistan.

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    Travels with George

    By Nathaniel Philbrick

    Travels with George

    Authorial intrusions mar this otherwise rollicking history.

    The One That Got Away

    Newton’s Appletini

    By Sean Hooks

    Newton’s Appletini

    The rich literary cocktail that is Ancestor Trouble.