What it’s about: The author of “Girl in Snow” returns with an empathetic and gripping story about a serial killer on death row primarily told from the perspectives of the women in his life as the clock ticks to his execution. “Notes on an Execution,” by Danya Kukafka (William Morrow, fiction) Perry always delivers,” says a starred review from Kirkus Reviews.ģ. The buzz: “A graceful, finely crafted examination of America’s racial, cultural, and political identity. If America’s soul is inextricably linked to the South, understanding the region’s history and culture is essential to understanding the entire country. What it’s about: A Black scholar and native Alabaman returns to the South with fresh eyes. “South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation,” by Imani Perry (Ecco, nonfiction) More: Roseanne’s daughter Jenny Pentland recalls growing up in 'comedy clubs and mental institutions'Ģ.
The buzz: “An impressively meta work that delivers the pleasures of true-crime while skewering it,” says a starred review for Kirkus Reviews.
What it’s about: From the singer-songwriter of The Mountain Goats and author of “Universal Harvester” comes a dark new novel about true-crime writer Gage Chandler, who moves into a house that was the site of some notorious murders.
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