Best Books Ever
Thursday, February 08 2007
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John Irving has “Great Expectations,” Reynolds Price hearts “Madame Bovary.” Joyce Carol Oates can’t get enough “Crime and Punishment,” and Lee Smith likes to curl up with “The Dead.”125 contemporary writers like these … from Stephen King and Tom Wolfe, to Jennifer Weiner and Melissa Bank, offer up their top ten lists of the greatest works of fiction ever in a new book called, “The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books” (W.W. Norton & Company/2007). Editor Peder Zane joins local author G.D. Gearino and novelists Pearl Cleage and David Anthony Durham to discuss the making of a guide to the world’s best books.
