This week's highlighted reads delve into darker themes, offering a stark contrast to the lightness of summer. Among the notable titles is Rob Franklin's 'Great Black Hope,' which explores how upward mobility can unravel overnight for those at the intersection of race and class. S.A. Cosby's 'King of Ashes' presents a Southern crime saga dealing with familial violence and class struggles, while Caroline Fraser's 'Murderland' shifts to true crime, investigating serial killer narratives in the Pacific Northwest. Collectively, these works reflect a blending of genres and a focus on societal issues that contribute to their complexity and depth.
"Generations of uphill climbing and upward mobility can essentially be undone in a single night for people in this kind of precarious race-class intersection."
"Expect taut action catalyzed by themes Cosby has called the 'four pillars of Southern fiction:' class, religion, sex and policing."
"This time around, the journalist has traded the prairie for the Pacific Northwest, and literary biography for true crime, as she investigates a rather more sanguinary subject: serial killers."
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