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   How much does 'Lucky' by Jane Smiley cost?

   • By Jane Smiley Knopf: 384 pages, $29 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Toward the end of Jane Smiley’s new novel, “Lucky,” its narrator takes a moment to flip through her mother’s record collection.

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   Who is Jane Smiley?

   • Choose your plan → Jane Smiley’s new novel is a quirky fictional autobiography of a moderately successful folk-rock singer-songwriter.

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   Does Jane Smiley's 'a dangerous business' work?

   • But Jane Smiley’s “ A Dangerous Business ” is all that — and, amazingly, it works. The novel is set in the wide-open town of Monterey, Calif., in 1852. Heroine Eliza Ripple (formerly Cargill) is a recent widow.

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   Is 'lucky' Smiley's last book?

   • There’s no signal that “Lucky” is Smiley’s final book, but if it were, it would make for an admirable summing up — the story of a well-traveled, keen-eyed writer who’s spent decades making sense of the world in words, and taking pleasure in it for its own sake. A lucky way to make a living.

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   Who are the four J's in 'Lucky' by Jane Smiley?

   • Toward the end of Jane Smiley’s new novel, “Lucky,” its narrator takes a moment to flip through her mother’s record collection. It’s got a lot of ’60s folk-rock, including, she notes, “the four J’s.” Presumably she means artists like Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Judy Collins and Janis Ian.

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   How does Smiley feel about life and death?

   • Life and death flow in and out, and Smiley observes it clearly but empathetically. (Not for nothing is Dickens among her favorite writers.) And “Lucky,” like those books, shows how the business of just being yourself can be a source of struggle and effort.

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   Apr 23, 2024 · Jane Smiley’s new novel is a quirky fictional autobiography of a moderately successful folk-rock singer-songwriter.

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   Dec 7, 2022 · In Jane Smiley's latest novel, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," characters Eliza and Jean are determined to figure out who killed their missing colleagues.

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   Nov 30, 2022 · "A Dangerous Business," the latest novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley, follows a brothel worker in Monterey investigating disappearances.

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   Apr 19, 2024 · Toward the end of Jane Smiley’s new novel, “Lucky,” its narrator takes a moment to flip through her mother’s record collection.

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   Jun 23, 2024 · On the flyleaf of Jane Smiley’s new book, Lucky, one reads that it is :“…a soaring, soulful novel about a folk musician who rises to fame across our changing times.” Smiley, the Pulitzer Prizewinning author of thirty-two books, has mentioned, in Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel (2005) that with each new work, she tries a different ...

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   Dec 8, 2022 · Jane Smiley’s latest is full of surprises, beginning with its premise. Smiley’s new book, ‘A Dangerous Business,’ is a feminist take on a Western — and also a mystery novel. 4 min. Review...

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   Apr 23, 2024 · Now a widely celebrated voice in crime fiction, she just published her fifth book, “The Examiner.” The Book Review Podcast: Each week, top authors and critics talk about the latest news in...