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“It’s about a theatre critic at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival who sleeps with the performer of a one-woman show he has just reviewed scathingly in print. Her response is to rebrand the show ‘The Alex Lyons Experience,’ dredging up all his previous offences and hosting his ex-girlfriends on stage for a retrospective review.” Read more...
Notable New Novels of Summer 2025
Cal Flyn, Five Books Editor
Our most recommended books
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Until August: A Novel
by Gabriel García Márquez -
The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones -
Help Wanted: A Novel
by Adelle Waldman -
Small Rain: A Novel
by Garth Greenwell -
My Heavenly Favorite: A Novel
by Lucas Rijneveld, translated by Michele Hutchison -
Creation Lake: A Novel
by Rachel Kushner
