Fringes
Fringes
Summer Explorations
From the history of eggs Benedict to the astronauts’ earthbound wives to a pot-fueled county in California, five books to read this week.
Homecoming
From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s tale of reassimilation back into Nigeria to a road-trip novel from Bulgaria to Greece.
‘Smuggler Nation’
America was built on smuggling, but today it is the inspector general. Cam Martin on a new book examining the hypocrisy.
Three daring new novels about secret societies, a modern-day Antigone set in Afghanistan, and an unlikely femme fatale.
A China where time disappears, unsettling South Korean stories, and a French master of filth softens.