On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review
By FREDERICK TURNER
Reviewed by JEANETTE WINTERSON
On the 50th anniversary of Henry Miller's novel, this study examines how it was written and banned, and went on to become an American classic.
By LYNNE TILLMAN
Two reissues reveal the development and revisions of a novel and a long experimental poem.
By SALLY BEDELL SMITH
Reviewed by ALAN RIDING
The public and private lives of Queen Elizabeth II.
By EDMUND WHITE
Reviewed by KATE CHRISTENSEN
Edmund White's novel follows the friendship of two libertines, from 1960s New York to the advent of AIDS in the '80s.
By MARNI DAVIS
Reviewed by SAM ROBERTS
Marni Davis explores how Jews balanced assimilation with historical continuity during America's failed "noble experiment."
By ALEC WILKINSON
Reviewed by SARA WHEELER
A Swedish aeronaut made headlines with his 1897 attempt to reach the North Pole.
By DEBORAH SCROGGINS
Reviewed by ELIZA GRISWOLD
A double biography of high-profile Muslim women, one who denounces Islam, the other, the West.
By CULLEN MURPHY
Reviewed by SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN
Cullen Murphy sees the Inquisition as a template for the war on terror.
By LORI ANDREWS
Reviewed by EVGENY MOROZOV
Lori Andrews looks at how personal data is exploited by Web sites, search engines and other Internet technologies.
By ELLIOT PERLMAN
Reviewed by DAVID GATES
A sense of history links the characters in Elliot Perlman's novel.
By FRANCESCA KAY
Reviewed by ANDREA THOMPSON
The troubled women in Francesca Kay's novel are caught up in strange happenings at a South London church.
By ZAKES MDA
Reviewed by ROB NIXON
A memoir by Zakes Mda, a writer who has flourished in democratizing South Africa.
By JAN STUART
Stories and novels by Robert Walser, Alan Lightman, Karin Altenberg, Bret Lott and Daphne du Maurier.
By PAUL M. BARRETT
Reviewed by MICHAEL WASHBURN
How one semiautomatic became our weapon of choice.
By ROGER CROWLEY
Reviewed by NIGEL CLIFF
Roger Crowley traces the rise and fall of Venice's naval empire.
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