Lydia Millet’s “Magnificence” offers anything but
The writer's latest novel is brimming with potential, but ultimately falls flat
Tuesday, Dec 25, 2012 2:00 PM UTCLife LA Review of Books
Lydia Millet
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“Magnificence”: The adulteress’s lament
A cheating widow inherits a mansion full of taxidermy animals and secrets in Lydia Millet's new novel
Monday, Nov 12, 2012 12:00 AM UTCEntertainment Books, Fiction, What to Read
“Ghost Lights”: The tax man’s heart of darkness
In Lydia Millet's brilliant new novel, a skeptical tax man follows a runaway millionaire to Latin America
Sunday, Nov 20, 2011 10:00 PM UTCEntertainment What to Read, Fiction
The man who loved money
Witness the sentimental education of an Information Age Everyman -- and his salvation -- in Lydia Millet's beautiful new novel.
Monday, Feb 4, 2008 12:37 PM UTCEntertainment Fiction, Noble Beasts, Books
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