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And I'll review the return of the TV sitcom Malcolm in the Middle.

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Coming up, book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews I Am Agatha, which she describes as the deviously plotted debut novel by writer Nancy Foley.

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A sly and morbidly funny debut novel called I Am Agatha by Nancy Foley has our book critic Maureen Corrigan thinking about the extremes some people will go to for love.

Here is her review.

Maureen Corrigan is a professor of literature at Georgetown University.

She reviewed I Am Agatha by Nancy Foley.

Coming up, I'll review the brief return of Malcolm in the Middle.

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Today, Hulu drops all four new episodes of an old sitcom, and it's a delight.

The new limited series is called Malcolm in the Middle, Life's Still Unfair.

Linwood Boomer, who co-created the original Malcolm in the Middle sitcom way back in the year 2000, is back for the reunion.

So is almost all the original cast, in a four-episode plot that has Hal and Lois, the parents of this very dysfunctional family, struggling to mount a 40th wedding anniversary party.

When the original Malcolm in the Middle premiered, Frankie Munez, who played Frankie, spoke directly to the TV audience about his anxieties growing up in this particular household.

The series' sequel, with its Life Still Unfair subtitle, a shout-out to the original show's theme song, picks up right where the seven-season sitcom ended, with Malcolm still confiding directly to the audience.