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Can You Match This Sharp Line to Its Book?

Try this short quiz on memorably snarky retorts and observations from five literary works.

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Can You Match This Sharp Line to Its Book?

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Book Review: ‘See You on the Other Side,’ by Jay McInerney

Jay McInerney has written about the literary party boy Russell Calloway once a decade since the 1990s. He returns in the Covid novel “See You on the Other Side.”

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Book Review: ‘See You on the Other Side,’ by Jay McInerney

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Book Review: ‘Go Gentle,’ by Maria Semple

“Go Gentle” throws together art heists, sexual assault and a coven of middle-aged divorcées on the Upper West Side.

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Book Review: ‘Go Gentle,’ by Maria Semple

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‘We Are Growing’: Fresh Designs Lift Raymond Weil

Elie Bernheim, the chief executive of Raymond Weil, has confidence in his “accessible luxury” business model.

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‘We Are Growing’: Fresh Designs Lift Raymond Weil

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Book Review: ‘The Future Is Peace,’ by Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon

Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon both lost loved ones to the conflict in the Middle East. In “The Future Is Peace,” they look for hope and understanding.

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Book Review: ‘The Future Is Peace,’ by Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon

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Thanks to an Old-Fashioned Family Novel, This 22-Year-Old is Already a Literary Star in Europe

Just 22 and still a student, Nelio Biedermann has been compared to Thomas Mann thanks to “Lázár,” his sweeping family saga.

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Thanks to an Old-Fashioned Family Novel, This 22-Year-Old is Already a Literary Star in Europe