A selection of first sentences from new books, Jan. 22
Oddly enough, the fiercely libertarian Koch family owed part of its fortune to two of history’s most infamous dictators, Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler.
The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right, now in paperback, by Jane Mayer
Even though he stood in the hot, congested airport among bodies squirming and sweating and hurrying to claim their luggage before anyone else, I determined that the imposing man, now walking toward me, was my host, a handsome man, probably in his mid-thirties, dressed casually — khaki pants, a pale-blue shirt.
“At the Edge of the World,” a novel, now in paperback, by Tracy Chevalier