Put on your sunglasses, folks. It's a shiny new year out there.
Say what you will about 2020, it was a great year for books. How's 2021 looking? Here are some titles we are looking forward to in the first three months.
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"The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Novel Adaptation," by K. Woodman-Maynard (Candlewick, 240 pages, $24.99, available now)
Woodman-Maynard, a Minnesota graphic designer, has woven excerpts from F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel throughout mystical and haunting watercolors.
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"That Old Country Music," by Kevin Barry (Doubleday, 208 pages, $22.99, released Tuesday)
Irish writer Barry, winner of the Dublin Literary Award and the Goldsmiths Prize, returns with his third collection of stories that blend humor and pathos, beauty and sorrow.