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| What our writers love this week Posted: 25 Sep 2010 07:09 PM PDT Music Arcade Fire "The Suburbs" is the Great American Novel in rock-album form made by Canadians for a generation that doesn't read books. It is the sound of importance, which sounds a lot like early-'70s Springsteen backed by Depeche Mode singing lyrics by David Foster Wallace. How important is it? No more or less so than Halo or icanhazcheezburger.com, which is to say that it speaks deeply to a zeitgeist that's yours if you want it. Arcade Fire plays at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, KeyArena, 305 Harrison St., Seattle; $40 (800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com). Jonathan Zwickel, Seattle Times staff reporter DVDs 'Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries' Set 2 Comprising the fine Dorothy L. Sayers mysteries "Murder Must Advertise," "Five Red Herrings" and "The Nine Tailors," this trio of 1970s BBC adaptations on disc stars the late, great Ian Carmichael as the ever-so-correct aristocratic sleuth. Available Tuesday on Acorn Media; suggested price $49.99. Melissa Davis, NW Ticket editor Books Sara Gruen An author who specializes in an admittedly narrow niche — fiction about animals and the people who love them — arrives at Seattle Public Library this week with her most recent book, "Ape House." But don't miss Gruen's 2007 novel, "Water for Elephants," a winning, Depression-era story about a young man who runs off to join the circus. Gruen appears at 7 p.m. Monday, 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle (206-386-4636 or www.spl.org). Lynn Jacobson, Seattle Times A&E editor This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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