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Open Book: A Hidden Tragedy
The Up Stairs Lounge fire in New Orleans takes its place in the history of civil rights and gay liberation—and in a new book by Robert W. Fieseler.
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Open Book: In This Debut Novel, 'Tangerine' is No Fruit
Morocco holds a lot of space in the imagination of writers, readers, and visitors—and continues to in Christine Mangan’s debut novel, 'Tangerine,' about two young women who reconnect and come to grief in 1956 Tangier.
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Open Book: Shanghaied in Shanghai
Paul French's 'City of Devils' spins a cautionary tale of gambling, dope, and vice in 1930s and ’40s Shanghai.
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Open Book: Under the Sicilian Sun
The charming first entry in Mario Giordano’s mystery series, 'Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions,' features a lusty Bavarian of a certain age.
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