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, Jana Larson recounts her longtime pursuit of the truth about Takako Konishi, a Japanese woman who, as the urban legend goes, froze to death in the Minnesota snow while trying to find a buried suitcase of money featured in the film Fargo . An excerpt from the book, which was published by Coffee House this past month, appears below. Photo: © romantsubin / Adobe Stock. Bismarck, North Dakota, is a six-hour drive from Minneapolis, but it takes about ten hours by bus. You sit toward the back, next to an old man who sleeps with his mouth hanging open and an older woman with a red checkered shirt and dyed black hair in curlers. She reads a coupon circular like it’s a novel. Just in front of you, three Amish brothers talk among themselves in a thick Germanic language. You eavesdrop and try to figure out what they’re saying. It sounds biblical at first, but occasionally they say things in English, like “solid oak door,” and you second-guess that theory.

What's good to read in early 2021? Here are some picks

From Kazuo Ishi­guro to Viet Thanh Nguyen, there is no shortage of new book highlights in the coming months. Photo: Handout 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 four months. The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, by K. Woodman- Maynard (Candlewick, out now) Woodman-Maynard, a Minnesota graphic designer, has woven excerpts from F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel throughout mystical and haunting watercolours. That Old Country Music, by Kevin Barry (Doubleday, Jan 12) Irish writer Barry, winner of the Dublin Literary Award and the Goldsmiths Prize, returns with his third collection of stories that blend humour and pathos, beauty and sorrow.

New titles: Books to look forward to in the first quarter

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. • "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. • "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.

Laurie Hertzel: Books to look forward to in the first part of 2021

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 four months. "The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Novel Adaptation," by K. Woodman- Maynard (Candlewick, Jan. 5) Woodman-Maynard, a Minnesota graphic designer, has woven excerpts from F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel throughout mystical and haunting watercolors. "That Old Country Music," by Kevin Barry (Doubleday, Jan. 12) 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.

CHAUDHRI: Why did Peter Nygard's takedown take so long?

Article content In 2010, I recall watching a documentary on how abusive a boss Peter Nygard was — a biopic called Larger than Life that revealed the Canadian retailer referred to himself as “God” in the workplace and followed his penchant for entertaining underage women at his Bahamian enclave on Lyford Cay that he renamed “Nygard Cay.” While the documentary was critical, unflattering and pointed to serious misconduct, it did not seem to cause the national outrage one would expect for what seemed to be a serial offender operating not just with impunity but with reckless abandon. We apologize, but this video has failed to load.