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September 7, 2008 |
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BOOKS
In a Lonely Place
Much of the melancholy in Per Petterson’s novel derives from the long shadow of men with guns..
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Couples
Katie Roiphe surveys seven literary partnerships in early-20th-century London.
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Star Search
The Jewish Book Network’s casting call is a cross between speed dating and “The Gong Show.”.
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Whose Orders?
Saul Friedländer challenges the view that the Holocaust was simply the result of bureaucrats doing what they were told.
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Still More Tales of the City
Armistead Maupin revisits some of his beloved San Francisco characters.
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Book Review Podcast
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Pulp, Packaged
Many critics force Philip K. Dick into one category or another: the all-purpose visionary, say, or the grizzled shaman.
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Thai Takeout
Even the urbane detective who narrates John Burdett’s Bangkok thrillers is appalled by the snuff film that sets his latest plot in motion.
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Defenders of Secrets, Unite!
As the die-hard fans of Harry Potter count the minutes until they can get their hands on the final installment in the series, they are engaging in a frenzy of speculation and rumor-mongering.
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Walking With Presidents and (Hollywood’s) Kings
Jack Valenti, who died on April 26, was a warrior, and he knew how to win. He just looked harmless.
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A Complex Marriage on Nature’s Path
Ms. Dillard has created the sort of narrative that will have acolytes moaning low.
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In Writer’s Trial, a Conflict Over Roles of Art and Money
The tension between art and commerce has formed the not-so-subtle subtext at the fraud trial of Laura Albert, the talented yet troubled writer also known as JT Leroy.
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50 Years of Heavy Reading, and Looking for More
In Long Beach, N.Y., the group known as the Friday Workshop has been in continuous existence as a book discussion group for about 50 years. .
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Dark Work in a Sunny Spot
Susanna Moore’s latest novel, “The Big Girls,” set in a women’s prison, has stirred the critics into a lather of moral indignation.
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Old MacDonald Now Has a Book Contract
An emerging literary movement bridges the distance between the people who grow food and the people who eat it.
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Correction
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The Fugitive
In this biography, a novelist imagines her way into the life of the woman John Brown called “General Tubman.”.
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Kiss and Make Up
A Gnostic gospel presents the “traitor” Judas as a hero who helped Jesus fulfill his destiny.
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The Boondocks
Bill Geist takes an up-close look at some of America’s smallest towns.
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‘Doors Open’
This week, Chapter 7: For some locals, Doors Open had become as welcome a part of the year as Easter and Christmas.
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