The books that made “something click” in the head of Stephen King
“I thought, ‘That’s real, that could really happen.’”
Books Archives: 03/2024
“That’s Absurd, Ref”: How football shaped Albert Camus’ philosophy
The French philosopher was a football fanatic.
Captive in broad daylight: the sickening true crime that inspired Vladimir Nabokov to write ‘Lolita’
The novelist was inspired by a horrifying mid-century crime.
Criminal obsession: The three years Elmore Leonard ruled Hollywood
A sudden interest in the crime icon.
“I started seeing crabs”: the story of Jean-Paul Sartre’s crazy mescaline trip
The bad trip of an early literary psychonaut.
The absurd story of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s fake execution
The Russian novelist escaped death by a “hairsbreadth”.
The Sabres of Paradise: The book that inspired Frank Herbert’s ‘Dune’
A spark ignited by Lesley Blanch.
Beauty and tragedy in the Eternal City: Mary Shelley’s turbulent years in Rome
Beauty, tragedy, and the Eternal City.
