sábado, 23 de julio de 2011

Book Review


On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

'An Anatomy of Addiction'

By HOWARD MARKEL
Reviewed by SHERWIN NULAND
An absorbing account of how cocaine affected the careers of Sigmund Freud and the pathbreaking American surgeon William Halsted.
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Also in the Book Review

The Church of Scientology building in Los Angeles.

'Inside Scientology' and 'Render Unto Rome'

Reviewed by GARRY WILLS
Two books examine the power that bountiful cash has bestowed on Scientology and the Roman Catholic Church.
READING LIFE

An Academic Author's Unintentional Masterpiece

By GEOFF DYER
Michael Fried's genius is to manage to tell you what he is not doing, what he has not done and what he is not going to do.

'Orientation: And Other Stories'

By DANIEL OROZCO
Reviewed by JOHN WILLIAMS
A sense of workplace alienation permeates this first story collection, which explores the limits of social interaction.

'The Sisters Brothers'

By PATRICK DeWITT
Reviewed by JOHN VERNON
The henchmen in this gold rush-era western are chasing a prospector.

'Once Upon a River'

By BONNIE JO CAMPBELL
Reviewed by JANE SMILEY
Bonnie Jo Campbell's solitary, sharpshooting heroine fends for herself in rural Michigan.

'The Idea of America'

By GORDON S. WOOD
Reviewed by DAVID HACKETT FISCHER
Eleven essays encompass the entire career of the historian Gordon S. Wood, whose work re-envisioned the American Revolution and, unusually, has appealed to readers all across the political spectrum.

'The Girl in the Blue Beret'

By BOBBIE ANN MASON
Reviewed by DANIEL SWIFT
This novel's hero, a World War II crash survivor, sets out to find the people who risked their lives to help him.

'Wild Coast: Travels on South America's Untamed Edge'

By JOHN GIMLETTE
Reviewed by LIESL SCHILLINGER
Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, a tangled green knot of jungle, rock and savannah, are vividly described in this travelogue.
Caitlin Horrocks

'This Is Not Your City: Stories'

By CAITLIN HORROCKS
Reviewed by ROBIN ROMM
Caitlin Horrocks's sharp, rugged-hearted fictions share one consuming fixation: We live in a world studded with cruelty.

'Ladies and Gentlemen: Stories'

By ADAM ROSS
Reviewed by DEAN BAKOPOULOS
For the characters in Adam Ross's clever story collection, good intentions often go awry.

Fiction Chronicle

By ALISON McCULLOCH
Novels by Louis B. Jones, A. G. Mojtabai, David Abbott, Ann Joslin Williams and Sheila Kohler.
CHILDREN'S BOOKS

'Picture Books About Bears'

Reviewed by PAMELA PAUL
"The Summer Visitors" and "The Next Door Bear" offer very different takes on the intersecting domestic lives of people and bears.
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ESSAY

Why Writers Belong Behind Bars

By TONY PERROTTET
From a strictly literary point of view, prison was the best thing that ever happened to the Marquis de Sade. Other writers should be so lucky.
CRIME

Prying Eyes

By MARILYN STASIO
Mystery novels by P. L. Gaus, Linda Castillo, Harry Dolan, Colin Cotterill and Lars Kepler.

Book Review Podcast

Featuring the journalist Janet Reitman on her investigation "Inside Scientology"; and Adam Ross on his story collection, "Ladies and Gentlemen."
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