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The Business Of Book Styling

Chiara Dello Joio | LitHub | 24th January 2023

Books have never been more in demand as décor. The rich hire specialists to style their libraries. Photographers sell pictures of "books-scapes" for six-figure sums. Influencers stock their shelves spine-in to ensure a uniform colour palette. Perhaps all this is justified: as Dickens' Mr Brownlow said: “There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts” (2,172 words)

The Montreal Mafia Murders

Adam Leith Gollner | Vanity Fair | 18th January 2023

True crime tale with a compelling opening: "On the morning they were arrested for allegedly burning bodies as part of a series of Mafia murders, Marie-Josée Viau and Guy Dion had already finished breakfast and packed their daughter off to elementary school." The Mafia see Montreal as "the key that turns the lock of America", so the Calabrians and the Sicilians are still fighting over it (7,719 words)

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