Emily St. John Mandel’s Fluid New Novel

On Our RadarComing soon:“The Master and Margarita,” a film based on Mikhail Bulgakov’s satire of life in the Soviet Union, will be in theatres on the 18th.Ari Emanuel, the Hollywood agent who himself has become somewhat famous, has written a memoir, with the help of J. R. Moehringer, called “Roll the Calls,” coming out on the 22nd.“Gonzo Neurotic,” a collection of Jerry Stahl’s journalism, is publishing on September 29th. As Anthony Bourdain once said, “Jerry Stahl should either get the Pulitzer Prize or be shot down in the street like a dog.”Also out on the 29th is Min Jin Lee’s “American Hagwon,” about a Korean family living in Southern California. In a discussion about the book, the author told The New Yorker’s fiction editor Deborah Treisman, “I am continually inspired by my family’s trajectory.”If you’ve ever wondered what it might be like to be married to a megachurch pastor, Deesha Philyaw’s novel “The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman” tells the tale. It will also be released on September 29th.P.S. Marlon James wrote the first draft of his first novel, “John Crow’s Devil,” by hand. ??