Books & Beats

Book reviews and concert previews brought to you by Betsy Burton, co-owner of The King's English Bookshop, and Austen Diamond, producer of 13% Salt. Books & Beats airs Saturdays at 7:35 a.m. and 9:35 a.m. during NPR's Weekend Edition.

Books & Beats: May 24, 2014

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Published May 22, 2014 at 1:22 PM MDT

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Knopf (May 6, 2014)

This weekend on Books & Beats, Betsy Burton reviews Peter Heller’s “The Painter” and Dan Nailen previews the upcoming tUnE-yArDs show.

Peter Heller, author of the critically acclaimed novel “The Dog Stars” and longtime contributor to NPR, will read from his new novel “The Painter” at The King’s Englishin Salt Lake City on May 29, 2014 at 7 p.m.

tUnE-yArDs will play at Urban Lounge on May 27, 2014.

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