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High fashion, high society and high altitudes are all in the spotlight this week, thanks to two histories (“The Husband Hunters,” by Anne de Courcy, and “Fly Girls,” by Keith O’Brien) and a posthumous memoir from the legendary Times photographer Bill Cunningham, who died in 2016 at the age of 87. For those who prefer their reading matter a little more grounded, we also offer an account of America’s recent military activities, a novelist’s memoir of life as an extreme latchkey kid, and a couple of takes on winners and losers in the current economy. In fiction, you’ll find a debut story collection from Neel Patel and a political allegory from the great Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare.
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Source: New York Time
