viernes, 10 de febrero de 2012

Books Update


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Books Update

On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review


'Behind the Beautiful Forevers'

By KATHERINE BOO
Reviewed by PANKAJ MISHRA
Katherine Boo's first book explores the lives of residents in a Mumbai slum.

Also in the Book Review

Edward St. Aubyn

'At Last'

By EDWARD ST. AUBYN
Reviewed by FRANCINE PROSE
Edward St. Aubyn's self-destructive hero Patrick Melrose returns in a new novel.
A street in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Charles Murray's symbol of white working-class malaise.

'Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010'

By CHARLES MURRAY
Reviewed by NICHOLAS CONFESSORE
Charles Murray argues that the white working class is no longer a virtuous silent majority.

'Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking'

By SUSAN CAIN
Reviewed by JUDITH WARNER
Introverts should be valued more highly in American culture, Susan Cain asserts.

'Queen Elizabeth in the Garden'

By TREA MARTYN
Reviewed by MIRANDA SEYMOUR
Rival courtiers created extravagant gardens to compete for the favor of Queen Elizabeth I.

'Three Weeks in December'

By AUDREY SCHULMAN
Reviewed by BRUCE BARCOTT
Audrey Schulman's novel follows the expeditions of two unusual Americans.

Killing Spree

By MARILYN STASIO
Characters from two series of novels cross paths in George Pelecanos's "What It Was."
Bernice L. McFadden

'Gathering of Waters'

By BERNICE L. MCFADDEN
Reviewed by JESMYN WARD
This novel draws upon the 1927 Mississippi River flood and the death of Emmett Till.

'Norumbega Park'

By ANTHONY GIARDINA
Reviewed by JENNIFER GILMORE
A family pursues the American dream in Anthony Giardina's novel.

Children's Books

Just getting started: Annabelle and her sweater, in

Creative Spirits

By RACHAEL BROWN
Three picture books feature inspiringly resourceful children.

'Pink Smog: Becoming Weetzie Bat'

By FRANCESCA LIA BLOCK
Reviewed by MAGGIE STIEFVATER
An early look at Francesca Lia Block's heroine, Weetzie Bat.

Bookshelf: Black History

By PAMELA PAUL
Children's books about pivotal figures and events in the history of black Americans.

'The Case of the Deadly Desperados: Western Mysteries, Book 1'

By CAROLINE LAWRENCE
Reviewed by PRISCILLA GILMAN
The protagonist of this western is an orphan with Asperger's syndrome.

'The Lions of Little Rock'

By KRISTIN LEVINE
Reviewed by TANYA LEE STONE
Separated by race in the civil-rights-era South, two girls form an unbreakable bond in Kristin Levine's novel.

Bookshelf: Hug and Kiss

By PAMELA PAUL
Children's books about displays of affection.

'In Darkness'

By NICK LAKE
Reviewed by KATIE ORENSTEIN
Nick Lake's novel, set in Haiti, alternates between the country's violent past and its tumultuous present.

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