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May 16, 2008

Sneak peek at Sunday's reviews

3:33 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 |
Michael Merschel   E-mail   News tips

Here's a look at what you'll find reviewed in Sunday's GuideLive:

The Forgery of Venus, a thriller from Michael Gruber. (Watch for an excerpt coming Sunday.)
The Boat, stories from Nam Le
Shakespeare's Wife, biography from Germaine Greer
Beyond UFOS:The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Its Astonishing Implications for Our Future, by Jeffrey Bennett
American Nerd: The Story of My People, a combination of history and memoir by Benjamin Nugent.


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Brock Clarke on fake memoirs; James Frey on himself

2:27 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 |
Michael Merschel   E-mail   News tips

Brock Clarke, who appears in Dallas tonight, says his Arsonist's Guide to Writer's Homes in New England was an attempt to write a novel that plays with the memoir genre. But as he points out, "Who can tell the difference these days?"

Along those lines, here's an interview that Hillel Itale of the Associated Press conducted with James Frey:

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