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Feb 14, 2024 · A new collection, “Neighbors and Other Stories,” gathers these with 10 more and an introduction by Tayari Jones, the author of “An American Marriage.”. At a moment when short stories seem ...
- Alexandra Jacobs
Feb 13, 2024 · The Washington Post. It’s hard to know what brilliance she might have bestowed on the world had she lived longer, but the newly published collection Neighbors and Other Stories provides some inkling. Oliver’s perceptive, insightful work reflects great talent and ambition. The ease and elegance of her prose are striking, as is her faith in ...
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Liam Cass is anything but a 16-year-old archetype in ‘The Perfect Son’ by Freida McFadden, who also penned the bestselling novel ‘ The Housemaid ‘. He’s attractive, popular, straight-A student, Debate Team champion, and he’s also a psychopath. No wonder he’s a prime suspect once his classmate, Olivia Mercer, disappears; many ...
Feb 13, 2024 · A falsely accused Black man goes into hiding in this masterful novella by Wright (1908-1960), finally published in full. Written in 1941 and '42, between Wright’s classics Native Son and Black Boy, this short novel concerns Fred Daniels, a modest laborer who’s arrested by police officers and bullied into signing a false confession that he killed the residents of a house near where he was ...
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Feb 6, 2024 · Neighbors and Other Stories by Diane Oliver is published by Faber (£9.99). To support the Guardian and Observer order your copy at guardianbookshop.com . Delivery charges may apply
Book Summary. A bold and haunting debut story collection that follows various characters as they navigate the day-to-day perils of Jim Crow racism from Diane Oliver, a missing figure in the canon of twentieth-century African American literature, with an introduction by Tayari Jones. A remarkable talent far ahead of her time, Diane Oliver died ...
When Stuart and Olivia found out that electrician Darren Stark, who had a criminal record, had been working on Jack’s site, they thought they might have found their man. Olivia realised that he was the perfect scapegoat for her crimes and began to think she was in the clear. However, as Darren was found to have a concrete alibi, and Jack’s ...
