FiveBooks Newsletter 90

Links to all our original FiveBooks interviews of the week before, plus
a pick of the best content on The Browser.
[1]FiveBooks weekly newsletter: Links to all our original FiveBooks
interviews of the week before, plus a pick of the best content on The
Browser.
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com

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This week on FiveBooks: American humourist [5]Andy Borowitz selects
five books to tickle your funny bone; novelist [6]Tim Lott considers
the complicated, and occasionally murderous, relationship betweeen
brothers; translator [7]Rosamund Bartlett recommends Russian short
stories; science historian [8]George Dyson considers the origins of
computing; and more.
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andy-borowitz-on-comic-writing
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tim-lott-on-brothers
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/rosamund-bartlett-on-russian-short-stories
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/george-dyson-on-origins-computing

Next week, look out for interviews on a diverse range of topics, from
the US intelligence service to Nelson Mandela, why cities are good for
you to a critique of utopia. And in case you missed it, you can
download the first FiveBooks ebook – collecting the best interviews of
2011 – for your Kindle [9]here.
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9. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-of-FiveBooks-2011-ebook/dp/B007GAM6RC/?tag=thebro-21

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[12]Andy Borowitz on Comic Writing
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andy-borowitz-on-comic-writing

Friday March 16

Do you have to be cruel to be comedic? It often helps, says the
bestselling humour writer, who tells us about five novels (and one
presidential contender) that are enough to make anyone laugh
[13]Continue reading…
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andy-borowitz-on-comic-writing

[14]Tim Lott on Brothers
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tim-lott-on-brothers

Thursday March 15

The novelist, whose forthcoming book lays bare a dysfunctional
relationship with his brother, tells us about love and rivalry among
siblings – and the dark, even murderous, impulses that can be
engendered [15]Continue reading…
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tim-lott-on-brothers

[16]George Dyson on the Origins of Computing
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/george-dyson-on-origins-computing

Wednesday March 14

As we approach the centenary of Alan Turing’s birth, science historian
George Dyson looks back at the achievements of wartime code breaking
and the “human computers” who enabled our modern age of iPhones and
laptops [17]Continue reading…
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/george-dyson-on-origins-computing

[18]Chris Livaccari on Language and Culture of China
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/chris-livaccari-on-language-and-culture-china

Tuesday March 13

China covers a vast territory, and is far more ethnically and
culturally diverse than many outsiders assume. So what does it mean to
be Chinese? [19]Continue reading…
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/chris-livaccari-on-language-and-culture-china

[20]Rosamund Bartlett on Russian Short Stories
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/rosamund-bartlett-on-russian-short-stories

Monday March 12

In Russia, it’s often fallen to writers to challenge conventions and
speak the truth, says the translator and biographer. She makes a
personal selection of some of the most exhilarating Russian short
fiction [21]Continue reading…
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/rosamund-bartlett-on-russian-short-stories

[22]Great American Losers
Links:
22. http://b.rw/zSBGct

Elaine Blair | NYRB | 9 March 2012

Postwar novelists—Updike, Mailer—were male triumphalists. Their
successors—Franzen, Shteyngart—have overcorrected. They want women to
like them. Their men are losers. Houllebecq is different. He doesn't
want to be liked [23]More like this
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/best