Five of the best recent novels that channel classics

At The Daily Beast Caryn James named five top recent novels that channel classics.One book on the list:What Happened to Anna K.by Irina ReynReyn’s stunning first novel, published in 2008, deserves to be better known. The title signals her affection for Tolstoy as she shrewdly turns Anna Karenina and her family into Russian emigres living in Queens.Like Anna Karenina, Reyn’s story sympathetically