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Out in the Cold In John le Carré’s latest novel, a young fugitive, half Chechen, half Russian, shows up in the German port city of Hamburg in the aftermath of 9/11.
Crucibles The Inquisition, the Salem trials, the Red Scare: a survey of witch hunts over the past two millenniums.
Twisted Sisters Julia Glass’s new novel focuses on the complicated emotions — love, hate, envy, grief — that form between female siblings.
I Is Another Edmund White's capsule biography of Rimbaud, poetry's enfant terrible.
Suffering Suffragist A novel about an admiral, his unfaithful wife and her activist friend.
The Shadow President Barton Gellman’s biography paints Dick Cheney as the master manipulator of the Bush administration.
Big Country Fifty states, 50 essays, from the likes of Jhumpa Lahiri, Anthony Doerr and Heidi Julavits.
O, Brother In Per Petterson’s novel, a woman remembers the bold, reckless, politically committed boy who taught her how to live.
Rich Bank, Poor Bank Why has Goldman Sachs survived as its peers crumble around it? In this corporate history, Charles D. Ellis credits its culture.
A Series of Unfortunate Events A country murder, a train crash, a missing mother: everything collides in Kate Atkinson’s latest Jackson Brodie mystery.
Torch Song for Afghanistan A Pakistani author portrays a complex political situation in a novel that contains both savagery and tenderness.
Despot Watch Trying to salvage the idea of promoting democracy from what it has meant under George W. Bush.
They That Were Lost The author’s father has devoted his life to preserving the vanished culture of the community where he grew up.
The Nanny The Siamese king’s historical governess was far more than she seemed.
Differently Abled A memoir from one of the great bass baritones of our age.
By the Rivers of Georgia A history of a Southern rice region, from the mirage of Sherman’s 40 acres to segregation.
Sniff Test A “smell scientist and entrepreneur” examines the culture of olfaction.
Children's Books: Picture-Book Politics Campaign biographies for kids are a sunny, upbeat lot, unlike the grown-up versions.
Children’s Books: Death by Squirt Gun This parody of Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett is a young adult version of a rain-soaked noir.
Children’s Books: Monster Management Two new picture books, one trick and one treat, cut children's primal fears down to size.
Bookshelf More children’s books reviewed.
Essay: My Parrot, My Self From Apsethos the Libyan to Perry Mason, the talking parrot has made its literary mark.
Archive: Book Review Podcast This Week: Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey lead a tour of all 50 states; Motoko Rich with news on the book world; Bruce Handy on campaign biographies for kids; and Dwight Garner with best-seller news.
Up Front Germaine Greer’s most recent book, “Shakespeare’s Wife,” is the latest of 17.
TBR: Inside the List Fifty years ago this week, Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita” was the No. 1 book on the New York Times fiction list. The daily Times called it “dull, dull, dull.”
Browsing Books: Editors’ Choice Recently reviewed books of particular interest.
Paperback Row Paperback books of particular interest.
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