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Bookish: WEEKEND EDITION (5#) -

# From the UK Observer: What are Parisians reading on the metro on their way to work? About a third are reading a book translated from English... notably Harlan Coben... and they venerate Paul Auster... [and more].

# From the Guardian Review: Kate Mosse shares her fan enthusiasm for Algernon Blackwood, a classic spooky writer, appropriate for this time of year. This article gives some interesting background on Blackwood and is a pretty good read.

# Reviews by Marcel Berlins of some new French mysteries and crimewriting. Includes a recommendation for Paris Noir edited by Max Jakubowski which collects 18 short stories.

# Hallie Ephron reviews a clutch of
new American mystery and crime novels.

# Ed Mahon profiles the Abbey Grangers, a far-flung
group of Sherlock Holmes fans, in Upper Darby PA.

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