Dec 13, 2012 (Fresh Air from WHYY) — 2012 was a very jittery year -- what with the presidential election, extreme weather events and the looming "fiscal cliff." Fresh Air critic Maureen Corrigan found that her favorite fiction and nonfiction this year directly confronted the atmospheric uncertainty of the age.
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10 Books To Help You Recover From A Tense 2012
Dec 13, 2012 (Fresh Air from WHYY) — 2012 was a very jittery year -- what with the presidential election, extreme weather events and the looming "fiscal cliff." Fresh Air critic Maureen Corrigan found that her favorite fiction and nonfiction this year directly confronted the atmospheric uncertainty of the age.2012 has been a very jittery year — what with the presidential election, extreme weather events and the looming "fiscal cliff." In response to these tense times, some readers seek out escape; others look to literature that directly confronts the atmospheric uncertainty of the age. I guess I'm in the latter camp, because many of my favorite books this year told stories, imagined and real, about ordinary people who felt like they didn't have a clue what hit 'em.
The dazed-and-confused trend in fiction started off back in January, with a slim novella about economic despair and the whims of Fate ...
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