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By Washington Post book critic Ron Charles

Here are four new books to check out this spring.


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In 2016, the world fell in love with an immensely charming novel by Amor Towles, called “A Gentleman in Moscow.” And now, with the adaptation starring Ewan McGregor streaming on Showtime, anticipation is running high for Towles’ next book.

Step this way: “Table for Two” is an irresistible collection of short stories and a novella split between New York and Los Angeles. Flavored with wit, intrigue, and a dash of bitter fate, “Table for Two” demonstrates that Towles is just as masterful at preparing a full literary meal as he is a tart little dessert.

Read an excerpt: “Table for Two”

“Table for Two” by Amor Towles (Viking), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org

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Amor Towles on “A Gentleman in Moscow” (“Sunday Morning”)

Book excerpt: “A Gentleman in Moscow”

Book excerpt: “The Lincoln Highway”


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Leif Enger’s debut novel, “Peace Like a River” was released more than 20 years ago, but I’ve never forgotten its buoyant optimism. Well, things are heating up in Enger’s dystopian new novel, “I Cheerfully Refuse.”

It’s about a man on Lake Superior who’s happy and hopeful, even though the government and the climate are wrecked. When violence hits home, though, he’s forced to flee, sailing around the Great Lake looking for a place to dock in a world that’s burning up and going mad. How he manages to do that is just one of several miracles in this strange, alluring novel.

Read an excerpt: “I Cheerfully Refuse”

“I Cheerfully Refuse” by Leif Enger (Grove Press), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org

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Viking


So far, American readers have not paid enough attention to Sunjeev Sahota, but in England he’s been nominate for the Booker Prize twice.

His brilliant new novel, “The Spoiled Heart,” is about an ambitious, well-liked man named Nayan who’s running to be the leader of his labor union. He’s widely expected to win the election, but then a young woman announces her candidacy, and devastating secrets from Nayan’s past begin to arise and cracks appear in his campaign – until he finds himself at odds with the culture he once championed.

Read an excerpt: “The Spoiled Heart”

“The Spoiled Heart” by Sunjeev Sahota (Viking), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org


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Macmillan


Judi Dench, master of film, TV and stage, has been bringing Shakespeare’s plays alive for more than 60 years.

And now, at the age of 89, Dench steals the show again with a delightful new memoir, called “Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent.”

Compiled from conversations with her friend, the actor Brendan O’Hea, this is a treasure trove of wit and wisdom about a unique relationship between an incomparable actress and the immortal playwright who still sets her heart ablaze.

Read an excerpt: “Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent”

“Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent” by Judi Dench and Brendan O’Hea (Macmillan), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and

Bookshop.org


For more suggestions on what to read, contact your librarian or local bookseller. 

That’s it for the Book Report. I’m Ron Charles. Until next time, read on!

     
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Explosion at Louisville plant leaves 11 employees injured

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At least 11 employees were taken to hospitals and residents were urged to shelter in place on Tuesday after an explosion at a Louisville, Kentucky, business.

The Louisville Metro Emergency Services reported on social media a “hazardous materials incident” at 1901 Payne St., in Louisville. The address belongs to a facility operated by Givaudan Sense Colour, a manufacturer of food colorings for soft drinks and other products, according to officials and online records.

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said emergency teams responded to the blast around 3 p.m. News outlets reported that neighbors heard what sounded like an explosion coming from the business. Overhead news video footage showed an industrial building with a large hole in its roof.

An image capture from aerial footage shows the aftermath of an explosion in Louisville, Kentucky, Nov. 12, 2024.
An image capture from aerial footage shows the aftermath of an explosion in Louisville, Kentucky, Nov. 12, 2024.

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“The cause at this point of the explosion is unknown,” Greenberg said in a news conference. No one died in the explosion, he added.

Greenberg said officials spoke to employees inside the plant. “They have initially conveyed that everything was normal activity when the explosion occurred,” he said.

The Louisville Fire Department said in a post on the social platform X that multiple agencies were responding to a “large-scale incident.”

The Louisville Metro Emergency Services first urged people within a mile of the business to shelter in place, but that order was lifted in the afternoon. An evacuation order for the two surrounding blocks around the site of the explosion was still in place Tuesday afternoon. 



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Briefing held on classified documents leaker Jack Teixeira’s sentencing

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Joshua Levy, acting U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts, held a press conference Tuesday after the Pentagon classified documents leaker Jack Teixeira was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The former Air National guardsman admitted to illegally posting sensitive military information online.

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Aga Khan emerald, world’s most expensive green stone, fetches record $9 million at auction

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A rare square 37-carat emerald owned by the Aga Khan fetched nearly $9 million at auction in Geneva on Tuesday, making it the world’s most expensive green stone.

Sold by Christie’s, the Cartier diamond and emerald brooch, which can also be worn as a pendant, dethrones a piece of jewelry made by the fashion house Bulgari, which Richard Burton gave as a wedding gift to fellow actor Elizabeth Taylor, as the most precious emerald.

In 1960, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan commissioned Cartier to set the emerald in a brooch with 20 marquise-cut diamonds for British socialite Nina Dyer, to whom he was briefly married.

Dyer then auctioned off the emerald to raise money for animals in 1969.

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A Christie’s employee poses with The Aga Khan Emerald, a cartier emerald and diamond brooch made with a square-shaped emerald of 37.00 carats, marquise-shaped diamonds, platinum and 18k yellow gold during a press preview in Geneva, on Nov. 7, 2024. 

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By chance that was Christie’s very first such sale in Switzerland on the shores of Lake Geneva, with the emerald finding its way back to the 110th edition this year.

It was bought by jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels before passing a few years later into the hands of Harry Winston, nicknamed the “King of Diamonds.”

“Emeralds are hot right now, and this one ticks all the boxes,” said Christie’s EMEA Head of Jewellery Max Fawcett. “…We might see an emerald of this quality come up for sale once every five or six years.”

Also set with diamonds, the previous record-holder fetched $6.5 million at an auction of part of Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor’s renowned jewelry collection in New York.



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