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If you were to mistake Ethan Hawke's new novel, A Bright Ray of Darkness, he probably wouldn't be surprised. With everything that Hawke has written, readers have always seen versions of him in the protagonists. But it's even easier to make that mistake in Darkness, a novel about a young actor playing Hotspur in a starry production of Shakespeare's Henry IV. Hawke did play that role before, with a to-die-for cast that also included Kevin Kline, Richard Easton, and Audra McDonald. Hawke, as fans of his work know, is a theater animal, and the novel really showcases a deep love for the medium....

did have two of his own art projects: novels The Hottest State (1996) and Ash Wednesday (2002). But when the books came out, Hawke the writer discovered that readers kept seeing Hawke the star in them. "Reading the reviews – and most of them were very kind," he says, "it became clear to me that no one could get over that I was an actor. The notoriety that I'd gained as a performer. They're reading it with these characters I'd played in their heads." In Germany, on tour for the second book, Hawke mentioned this to a publisher. "He said to me, 'Your problem is you're not a famous writer, yo...

Published April 19, 2021, 1:57 PM The four novels today come from all points of the globe. From India to the UK, and from North America to South Korea. What unites these four novels, is the impeccable quality of the writing, no matter how different their genres are. ‘Death in the East’ by Abir Mukherge A double-locked room mystery, the events of this entertaining detective mystery take place over two specific time periods. One is in 1905, as our main protagonist, Detective Sam Wyndham, is a fresh constable in East End London; and then in 1922 Assam, India, where the same Wyndham is a C...

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