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A seagull makes off with an entire sleeve of Ritz crackers.
Parents order children to put on sandals, rub in sunscreen, be careful with the giant inflatable orca.
Waves lick the shore, seagulls commit larceny, kids amuse themselves according to invisible logic.
And people read books.
Here are some beach reads for all types of people and beaches.
The Runawaysby Fatima Bhutto
Fiction, August 18
Sometimes it’s crucial that you be a pervert.
In that spirit, here we have the antithesis of a summer book.
One of them is English, and two are Pakistani; one is rich and two poor.
The suspense of the book and it is very suspenseful!
is embedded in the question of what will happen to each characters soul.
The novel is radical in both the traditional and whoa dude senses of that word.
The remaining mother raises both of the babies in the best way she can, which is fairly bad.
(Nice one, Dad.)
Here we have a tale of three oddniks in Trinidad.
The oddniks are a widow, her moody teenage son, and her boarder.
More secrets unfold as the tale slides back and forth between two islands of starkly different shape and flavor.
Despite plot elements of violence and self-loathing and loneliness, this is a book of exultant sweetness.
Splash around in a pool of curious characters and pick up a new vocabulary while youre at it.
Read the Janet Malcolmbookabout a woman who was sent to prison for beingANNOYING?
X-ray the most opaque nation on earth with anovelset inNORTH KOREA?
Plunge into theicy watersof a suburban pool in Connecticut?
(Plus: It was a recommendationfrom a reader!)
Transformyour green thumbs into a pair ofGLEAMING EMERALDS?
(Note: This book requires a preexisting interest in plants.)
Le freak, cest chic.Freak out!
SUGGESTED PAIRING
Pair your sleepless nights witha book about sleepless nights?
You know what they say: If you cant beat em, read about em!
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