A selection of first sentences from new books, Aug. 7
A selection of first sentences from new books, Aug. 7
“Playing Dead: A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud,” by Elizabeth Greenwood
“Dinosaurs on Other Planets,” stories by Danielle McLaughlin
Very little is known, though much has been written, about the true nature of the jinn, the creatures made of smokeless fire.
“Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights,” a novel, now in paperback, by Salman Rushdie
