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Lost story by Cape Fear author John D MacDonald published for first time

The Accomplice, a noir tale found by Strand editor Andrew Gulli, considers the temptation of a grocery clerk

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Paul Murray: ‘In some ways the T’ang poets were the original Sad Dads’

The Irish author on being inspired to write by Lorrie Moore, and failing to get Madame Bovary the first time around

The Guardian - UK

Are you willing to take the heat?

With plans for a new Chicago bathhouse in the works, here’s what we found on a recent visit to Chicago’s oldest, the former Division Street Russian Baths.

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Cormac McCarthy obituary

Acclaimed author whose novels, such as The Road and Blood Meridian, told grim, violent tales of life stripped down to the fundamentals of existence in a hostile world

The Guardian - UK

Mystique, minimalism and cataclysm: Cormac McCarthy's fiction was a dark counter-narrative to American optimism

It is testimony to Cormac McCarthy’s reputation as a writer of dark and violent fictions that his publishers should explicitly have stated in their press release on Tuesday that his death was due to “natural causes”.

The Conversation

Cormac McCarthy, celebrated US novelist, dies aged 89

Author of Blood Meridian, The Road and No Country for Old Men died in his home of natural causes, publisher announces

The Guardian - US

It needs more than a pollen forecast to ease the proliferation of allergies

Changes in our lifestyles, from diet to washing habits, and in the world surrounding us, may explain why so many are struggling

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Do I have the right to write this?

Brandon Johnson says you must live within Chicago to air an opinion about the city. He’s wrong.

Chicago Sun-Times

Martin Amis, acclaimed British novelist and London scenester of '80s and '90s, dies at 73

Martin Amis, the acclaimed British author best known for “Money,” “London Fields” and a dozen other novels of flash, style and substance, who was also a fixture of the London literary scene, has died at age 73.

Los Angeles Times

Martin Amis obituary

Writer whose acrobatic wit defied gravity and solemnity and who epitomised literary fame in an age of glitz and hype

The Guardian - UK

Kim Foxx staffer questioned over handling of 2011 case, Lightfoot appoints new 12th Ward alderperson and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Adam Levin’s latest big, huge novel throws Chicago into a giant sinkhole. After all, he lives in Florida now.

CHICAGO — Adam Levin left Chicago a few years ago and moved to Florida, and if you don’t think that’s hilarious, you should meet Adam Levin. He grew up in Highland Park, taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and for the past decade has been known…

Chicago Tribune

Susie Boyt: ‘I found Noel Streatfeild in the phone directory and rang her up’

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