The Philosophy of Modern Song
2022 · 352 pages
Sixty-six songs, from Sinatra to the Who, each taken twice: Dylan writes his way inside the record in second person, then steps back and talks craft. Nobody listens to music this closely.
★ 4.9
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Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth
A Novel
2021 · 512 pages
Nigeria's political and religious elite trade in body parts stolen from a hospital, a business one surgeon uncovers. Soyinka returned to the novel after nearly fifty years to write this unforgiving satire.
★ 4.8
There and Back
Photographs from the Edge
2021 · 320 pages
Chin skied from the summit of Everest and hung off El Capitan to film Alex Honnold climbing it without a rope. His photographs come with what it cost to stand there.
★ 4.2