Inside The New York Times Book Review: Michael Connelly’s ‘The Crossing’

The Book Review

The New York Times

Books, Arts

4.2 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2015

⏱️ 41 minutes

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This week, Michael Connelly discusses his new novel; Alexandra Alter has news from the literary world; Joseph Kanon talks about a new biography of John le Carré and a memoir by Frederick Forsyth; feedback from readers; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

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0:00.0	What happens when Harry Bosch teams up with a Lincoln lawyer?
0:05.7	Michael Connelly will join us to talk about the crossing, his latest book, and his best-selling
0:10.2	Harry Bosch series.
0:11.3	I was looking for, and this is almost a journalist of me.
0:13.6	I was looking to find a character that could take us into those worlds, and I could do
0:18.1	some reporting about how our justice system actually does work or in many cases doesn't
0:23.0	work.
0:24.0	Who were the men behind the spine ovals?
0:25.5	Joseph Cannon, no stranger to the subject, will be here to talk about a new biography
0:29.5	of John LaCarrie, and the memoir of Frederick Forsyth.
0:32.7	This is like being in a pub with somebody who wants to tell you stories, and you know
0:37.2	you have better things to do, and where's your things to do?
0:40.4	But he's so charming, and he keeps refilling your glass, and before you know it, you've
0:44.1	had a very pleasant evening.
0:45.9	Alexander Altar will give us an update from the literary world.
0:49.0	Greg Cole's has best-sellor news.
0:50.8	We'll also let readers and listeners weigh in with a few comments of their own.
0:55.2	This is Inside the New York Times Book Review.
0:56.9	I'm Pamela Paul.
0:59.5	Michael Connelly joins us now from LA.
1:07.7	He is the author most recently of The Crossing, which is called a Bosch novel, but is both
1:14.6	a Bosch novel and a Lincoln lawyer novel.
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