On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review
By DALE CARPENTER
Reviewed by DAVID OSHINSKY
Dale Carpenter's book is a detailed account of Lawrence v. Texas, the Supreme Court case that overturned laws against homosexual conduct.
By RAYMOND BONNER
Reviewed by KEVIN BOYLE
In 1982, Edward Lee Elmore was convicted of murdering a 76-year-old woman and sentenced to die. Last month, he was set free.
Also in the Book Review
Reviewed by BILL KELLER
Two books explore the Russian leader's rise to power.
By MYRA B. YOUNG ARMSTEAD
Reviewed by ANDREA WULF
An extraordinary diary sheds light on a runaway slave who became an American success story.
By DAVID C. UNGER
Reviewed by JONATHAN TEPPERMAN
Washington has long inflated external threats in order to build a national security machine, a Times editorial writer says.
By JOHN LEONARD. Edited by SUE LEONARD.
Reviewed by PHILLIP LOPATE
John Leonard championed women authors and writers of color.
By ALAIN DE BOTTON
Reviewed by DAVID BROOKS
Alain de Botton suggests how culture might still save our souls.
By CESAR AIRA. Translated by CHRIS ANDREWS.
Reviewed by BEN RATLIFF
Cesar Aira's parable reconstructs the day its Panamanian hero was inspired to write a famous poem.
By HEIDI JULAVITS
Reviewed by CRISTINA GARCÍA
A psychic heroine searches for answers about her dead mother.
By PETER CAMERON
Reviewed by DOMINIQUE BROWNING
In the 1950s English countryside of Peter Cameron's novel, loneliness and desire quickly blossom into something like love.
By LASZLO KRASZNAHORKAI. Translated by GEORGE SZIRTES.
Reviewed by JACOB SILVERMAN
In Laszlo Krasznahorkai's first novel, published in Hungary in 1985, a charismatic leader may be a benighted hamlet's last hope.
By JENNIFER DUBOIS
Reviewed by LAURA BENNETT
A long-lost letter is the link between a distressed American woman and a Russian dissident in Jennifer duBois's debut novel.
By J. HARVIE WILKINSON III
Reviewed by JEFFREY ROSEN
A conservative judge assails constitutional theories espoused by both the left and the right.
Back Page
By MARTIN SIXSMITH
The Russian president's idea for a canon of 100 must-read books has revived memories of state-controlled literature.
TBR
By GREGORY COWLES
The historian Elaine Pagels has been a popular, though polarizing, figure ever since she introduced readers to early competing views of Christianity in her 1979 book "The Gnostic Gospels."
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.
By IHSAN TAYLOR
Paperback books of particular interest.
This week, David Oshinsky discusses the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Lawrence v. Texas; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Bill Keller talks about two new books examining Vladimir Putin; Phillip Lopate remembers the critic John Leonard; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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