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Summer reading recommendations: One high brow, one a beach read
Host of KCRW’s Bookworm, Michael Silverblatt discusses “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness,” a new novel from Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy. It’s about India’s complicated political landscape, and Roy’s dedicated it to “the unconsoled.” He also recommends Daniel Riley’s “Fly Me,” which is set on the beaches of Los Angeles in 1972.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readHost of KCRW’s Bookworm, Michael Silverblatt discusses “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness,” a new novel from Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy. It’s about India’s complicated political landscape, and Roy’s dedicated it to “the unconsoled.” He also recommends Daniel Riley’s “Fly Me,” which is set on the beaches of Los Angeles in 1972.
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