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Also in the Book Review Books About Ernest Hemingway Reviewed by ARTHUR PHILLIPS Three books provide glimpses of Ernest Hemingway and the relationship between fact and fiction. 'Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism' By JOHN UPDIKE, Edited by CHRISTOPHER CARDUFF Reviewed by ANDREW DELBANCO This posthumous collection shows John Updike responding to his contemporaries' work. '11/22/63' By STEPHEN KING Reviewed by ERROL MORRIS Stephen King's time traveler tries to undo some painful history.  ArtsBeat: Errol Morris Interviews Stephen King 'China in Ten Words' By YU HUA.TRANSLATED BY ALLAN H. BARR Reviewed by LIGAYA MISHAN In these essays, China is a land of contradictions and moral compromises. 'The Sense of an Ending' By JULIAN BARNES Reviewed by LIESL SCHILLINGER Mr. Barnes tells a tale of memory and missed opportunity. 'London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets' By PETER ACKROYD Reviewed by MARY JO MURPHY Peter Ackroyd provides a tour of the hidden realms below London. '[Sic]: A Memoir' By JOSHUA CODY Reviewed by GREGORY COWLES Joshua Cody's frenetic memoir encompasses devastating illness, creativity, sex, drugs and 30-something life in New York. 'Rights Gone Wrong: How Law Corrupts the Struggle for Equality' By RICHARD THOMPSON FORD Reviewed by JEFFREY ROSEN The author of "The Race Card" argues in his new book, "Rights Gone Wrong," that both the left and the right stand in the way of sensible approaches to discrimination. 'A Train In Winter' By CAROLINE MOOREHEAD Reviewed by CAROLINE WEBER Caroline Moorehead recounts the Nazis' internment of a group of women involved in the French Resistance. 'Lightning Rods' By HELEN DEWITT Reviewed by JENNIFER SZALAI Helen DeWitt's protagonist offers a way for employers to address sexual tension in the workplace.

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