2014 July Book Releases
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2014 July Book Releases

2014 July Book Releases

This Month In Books: July

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One of the great things about living in San Francisco is that it's good bike-to-work weather all year long. Every morning is a brisk 50 to 60 degrees, and the only danger is getting run over by an out-of-control hybrid bus. The downside is that getting to the office on two wheels severely cuts down on quality summer reading time. I was halfway through Thomas Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century like two months ago. Then again, Piketty's otherwise excellent book isn't the briskest of summer reads. Below are some books that might work a little better for you this summer, whether on the beach or on the bus. (But not on a bicycle.)

Last Stories and Other Stories, William T. Vollman (July 10th)
There are few authors I'd rather get a beer with than William Vollman. That dude has some stories, only a fraction of which, I'm sure, have seen print. The only danger is that one beer might turn into two blackout months in Tijuana (at least that's how I picture it). His output has always been steady, but Last Stories and Other Stories — a collection of ghostly tales — is his first fiction in about a decade. His books aren't all must-reads, but they're never boring.

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Agostino, Alberto Moravia (July 8th)
The New York Review of Books puts out some of the best reissues you never knew you needed. This story — the classic tale of a boy who doesn't like his mom's new boyfriend and decides to join a gang of local toughs menacing honest folk around a Tuscan resort — is assuredly no exception. Moravia was a pretty incredible writer, and in later years, he looked a whole lot like the old guy from Up. That is, if the old guy from Up wrote books that were banned by fascist censors.

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The Visitors, Sally Beauman (July 8th)
When I was a kid, I always thought it would have been awesome to have been tagging along with Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon when they went digging around Egypt for Tutankhamun's tomb. But as I got older, I realized what a childish fantasy it all was. Finding King Tut's tomb? I'm not looking to contract a horrible curse and incur a thousand-year scarab plague. I mean, do I look like an idiot? But that doesn't mean I'm not interested in reading Sally Beauman's tale of two young girls and how they become involved in this timeless historical adventure.

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