Word: novelizations
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...paunch and wire-rimmed glasses, Bhagat looks much more like an overworked investment banker (in fact he is one, and has been for 15 years) than a best-selling author (which he has been for the past four). The success of his first book, Five Point Someone, a campus novel following three best friends at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, took him by surprise. "I didn't have the baggage of other Indian authors," he says. "I just wanted to write a fun book...
...said Alex Kalamaroff, a Boston public school substitute teacher who sits in on Wood’s lectures at Harvard in his spare time. “My problem with book reviews is that I’d rather read books. [But] Even Philip Roth’s new novel is worse than this,” Kalmaroff said, holding up a copy of “How Fiction Works.” “Vigorous writing. A little fierce but never snarky.” Waiting in line for his book to be signed, fan and aspiring poet...
...some of your recent favorite book jackets?The cover for James Frey's A Million Little Pieces. Since all that's happened with that book, the cover is the only aspect of it that has emerged with its dignity intact. The cover works regardless of whether it's a novel or a memoir or what have...
...message about the true value of love. Persuaded by superstars such as Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, and Queen Latifah, however, I finally decided to break my own rule and see “The Secret Life of Bees,” the new movie based on the 2002 novel of the same name by Sue Monk Kidd. Fortunately, the characters in the movie subtly and skillfully explore these juvenile themes but without the unnecessary sappiness and sentimentality that usually plague films of this kind. After watching the movie, I felt a sense of relief and hope comparable to that which...
...This is the failure that lies at the heart of “W.” No matter how deeply Stone delves into Junior’s psychology, the unavoidable fact remains that Stone has neither anything new to say nor a novel way to say it. A gripping presidential biopic needs insight and nuanced, thorough storytelling, but Stone’s decision to rush the movie to release before the election—it was shot in a mere 46 days—certainly shows...