Catherine Lacey’s new novel follows a polarizing artist through a fractured country. By Dwight Garner When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission ...

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To those readers who prize "relatability," Catherine Lacey's latest novel may as well come wrapped in a barbed wire book jacket. There is almost nothing about Biography of X, as this novel is called, ...

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China’s longest-serving premier was a remarkably capable yet deeply flawed politician who tried, often in vain, to mitigate the impact of Mao’s disastrous policies. A new biography cuts through ...