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Director Mike Flanagan may understand Stephen King’s darker side better than most, but he also has a good handle on the author’s sentimental bent. “The Life of Chuck†mines both.

Jess Walter, author of “Beautiful Ruins,†returns with “So Far Gone,†a short novel set in present day America. It opens with a “great hook,†writes Associated Press reviewer Rob Merrill, as readers meet Rhys Kinnick, who like Thoreau went to the woods to live simply, but also to step outside the crazy, embittered modern world. As Kinnick links up with various characters and drives across the Northwest in search of his daughter and grandchildren, the plot unfolds quickly. Merrill say most readers won’t need more than a day or two to reach the final pages. “So Far Gone†goes on sale Tuesday.

Harry Freedman tries to show the impact Bob Dylan's Jewish heritage had on his early career in “Bob Dylan: Jewish Roots, American Soil.†The Associated Press' Andrew DeMillo writes that Freedman's book doesn't live up to its title and offers little new information about the legendary singer and songwriter. DeMillo writes that Freedman at times instead speculates on the impact of Dylan's Jewish heritage and its influence. DeMillo writes that Freedman's book is instead a serviceable biography and discography that could have done much more. It needs more solid evidence.

In “We Don’t Talk About Carol,†former journalist Sydney Singleton discovers the diary of an aunt she never knew she had. This launches her on a quest to discover what happened to Aunt Carol and five other Black teenagers who disappeared from the same Raleigh, North Carolina, neighborhood 60 years ago. Associated Press reviewer Bruce DeSilva says author Kristen L. Berry’s fine first novel is at once a compulsive mystery, an exploration of family secrets and an indictment of the short shrift missing Black girls often get from police and the media.

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