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Joseph Kanon's Reading List

The author of “Defectors” says that he likes to cook, but likes to read cookbooks even more. “And the best cookbooks have really distinctive voices. I never met Marcella Hazan, but I feel I have.”

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By the Book: Joseph Kanon (2017)

NYT By the Book column (2017-06-15).

Source: www.nytimes.com

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The Quiet American
Graham Greene · 1955 · Buy on Amazon
"Rereading Graham Greene's The Quiet American (as good as ever)."
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The Lover
Marguerite Duras · Buy on Amazon
"Marguerite Duras's The Lover."
Matterhorn
Karl Marlantes · Buy on Amazon
"Karl Marlantes's Matterhorn."
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The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen · 2015 · Buy on Amazon
"Viet Thanh Nguyen's terrific The Sympathizer."
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Bloodlands
Timothy Snyder · Buy on Amazon
"Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin, an important work."
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Zeno's Conscience
Italo Svevo · Buy on Amazon
"Italo Svevo's Zeno's Conscience, and I don't know why I waited so long. A wonderful book."
A Woman in Berlin
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"It's in every way a remarkable book, an unflinching account of how one woman survived the brutal Soviet occupation."
Blitzed
Norman Ohler · Buy on Amazon
"All detailed in Norman Ohler's well-researched Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich, which I found fascinating from beginning to end."

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