Books Update

On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review 'Distrust That Particular Flavor' By WILLIAM GIBSON Reviewed by PAGAN KENNEDY In a collection of nonfiction pieces, the novelist William Gibson reveals our own world to us as a science-fictional marvel. Also in the Book Review 'The Orphan Master's Son' By ADAM JOHNSON Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER R. BEHA In Adam Johnson's novel, a young man moves up in Kim Jong-il's power structure and then becomes a rival of the dictator. 'Hope: A Tragedy' By SHALOM AUSLANDER Reviewed by STEVE STERN The protagonist of Shalom Auslander's novel moves to upstate New York for peace and quiet, and finds Anne Frank living in his attic. 'The Map and the Territory' By MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ Reviewed by JUDITH SHULEVITZ Michel Houellebecq's novel features an uncommonly successful artist and a gruesome murder. 'American Nietzsche: A History of an Icon and His Ideas' By JENNIFER RATNER-ROSENHAGEN Reviewed by ALEXANDER STAR How Friedrich Nietzsche inspired and provoked his American readers. 'Girl Land' By CAITLIN FLANAGAN Reviewed by EMMA GILBEY KELLER Caitlin Flanagan offers observations on the passage to adulthood.  Up Front 'In Our Prime: The Invention of Middle Age' By PATRICIA COHEN Reviewed by LAURA SHAPIRO The scientific and social forces that brought midlife America to its current state. 'The Last Holiday: A Memoir' By GIL SCOTT-HERON Reviewed by BEN RATLIFF Gil Scott-Heron disliked being called "the godfather of rap," but his spoken-word performances pointed the way. 'Breaking and Entering' By EILEEN POLLACK Reviewed by JEAN THOMPSON The Oklahoma City bombing echoes throughout Eileen Pollack's novel of family strife. Children's Books The Tenacity of Hope By NATALIE STANDIFORD Sixteen-year-old girls with cancer are the heroines of two very different novels. 'Switched' By AMANDA HOCKING Reviewed by LAUREN OLIVER This tale centers on a teenager who learns she's really a troll. Bookshelf: Presidents By PAMELA PAUL Children's books about George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and other American leaders. 'Angel of the Battlefield' By ANN HOOD Reviewed by ANNIE MURPHY PAUL Two young time travelers visit with Clara Barton - but can't escape the challenges in their own lives. 'The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight' By JENNIFER E. SMITH Reviewed by WHITNEY JOINER In Jennifer E. Smith's Y.A. novel, a chance meeting on a flight to London redirects a girl's fate.