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This year, expect the former trend to continue, alongside some strong non-Trump nonfiction and the return of a few powerhouse novelists (Zadie Smith, Colson Whitehead, Ian McEwan, Marlon James). And did we mention that Margaret Atwood is publishing a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale? The challenge of 2019 may not be finding a breakout work of fiction but figuring out which bestsellers to read. January You Know You Want This, by Kristen Roupenian (Scout Press, 1/15) The author of “Cat Person” comes out with a debut collection that’s weirder and creepier than fans of her viral short story might expect — and this is a good thing. Roupenian’s so-realistic-it-hurts New Yorker debut may have broken the bookish sector of the internet, but the stories in which she uses her wild imagination to describe the most extreme sexual dynamics are just as compelling. — MK We Cast a Shadow, by Maurice Carlos Ruffin (One World, 1/29)This propulsive debut novel follows an unnamed black man who desperately wants to shelter his son from racism, which runs even more rampant in a future America. When skin bleaching is not enough, he’ll turn to experimental medicine to make his son “white,” but of course it comes at a great cost. We Cast a Shadow proves that the eeriest works of speculative fiction are those that hit closest to home. — MK February Bowlaway, by Elizabeth McCracken (Ecco, 2/5) McCracken writes the kinds of exquisite sentences that contain tiny revelations in every line. Her first novel in 17 years is worth the wait: A big, sweeping saga about a candlepin-bowling alley (Google it if you’re not from Massachusetts) and the triumphs, dramas, and idiosyncrasies of its owners and patrons over a cen...

NORTH VERNON Mr. Carl Edward Ball Sr., 77, of North Vernon, passed away on Friday, August 17, 2018 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born in Bryson City, North Carolina on July 4, 1941 to the late Albert Ball and Lillie (Adams) Kasting. Funeral services will be held at Voss & Sons Funeral Service on Wednesday, August 22 at 10:30 a.m. with the Rev. Danny Corbin officiating. Burial will follow at Hayden Cemetery. Family and friends may call at Voss & Sons Funeral Service on Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 a.m. until the time of service. He was a member of Burnt Pine Church of Christ. He loved the Lord and his family. He was always a very positive individual. He is survived by his wife, Lanora Ball; children, Allen (Jenny) Ball, Carla (Gene) Wheeler, Carl (Paula) Ball Jr., Thomas (Evi) Ball, Eric (Brenda) Ball , Laura (Chris) Weekly, Adam Ball; stepchildren, Joey Howard, Jeremy Howard, Beth McDole and Becky Fleener; 32 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; several step-grandchildren; brothers, Vinson Ball and Ernie Ball, and sisters, Janette Foster and Gail Cravens. He is preceded in death by his father; mother and stepfather, Lillie and George Kasting; and two grandchildren. Memorials may be written to Muscatatuck Christian Ranch, in care of Voss & Sons Funeral Service. Online condolences may be given on the funeral home website at www.vossfuneralservice.com.

Looper, 79, of Monterey, Tennessee, will be conducted Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 2 p.m. from the chapel of Goff Funeral Home.Rev. Raymond Phillips and Rev. Richard Harris will officiate with interment to follow in the Welch Memorial Cemetery.Mr. Looper was born Nov. 9, 1938, in Overton County, Tennessee, to the late Fletcher and Biddie Phillips Looper.Mr. Looper passed away Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018, at Cookeville Regional Medical Center.   Mr. Looper retired from the Cumberland Medical Center in Crossville, Tennessee, as laboratory administrative director with 46 years service. He was a member of Columbia Hill Baptist Church where he served as head deacon and a former song leader. He was a United States Marine Corps veteran. He was a member of the Green Pond Masonic Lodge #703. He is survived by his wife of almost 58 years, Karen Hull Looper of Monterey; daughter, Gina Looper of Monterey; son, Anthony Looper of Monterey; two  grandchildren, Kayla Brooke Vaughn and Abigail Rose (Abby) Looper; sister, Ella Fleener of Hermitage, Tennessee; and brother, Rev. A.J. Looper of Rickman, Tennessee.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four sisters, Ferba Phillips, Anna Jean Phillips, Bertha Key and Clarice Green; and two brothers, Stanley and Arthur Looper. The family will receive friends at Goff Funeral Home today, Tuesday, Oct. 9, from 5-8 p.m.A guest register may be signed at www.gofffuneralhome.com.D.M. Goff Funeral Home, Inc. is in charge of arrangements, 839-2311. ...