On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review
By LINDA HIRSHMAN
Reviewed by RICH BENJAMIN
Linda Hirshman's popular history traces the gay rights movement from the early 20th century to the present.
Also in the Book Review
By ALAN FURST
Reviewed by MAX BYRD
An actor stumbles into the clutches of Nazi conspirators in Alan Furst's thriller.
By MARIO VARGAS LLOSA. Translated by EDITH GROSSMAN.
Reviewed by LIESL SCHILLINGER
A Nobel laureate reimagines the life of the human rights advocate and Irish nationalist Roger Casement.
By MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD
Reviewed by DYLAN LANDIS
A WASP clan performs its tribal rituals in this first novel.
By SUSAN SONTAG. Edited by DAVID RIEFF.
Reviewed by JAMES CAMPBELL
The second volume of Sontag's diaries looks behind the mask.
By KATE SUMMERSCALE
Reviewed by ANDREA WULF
Kate Summerscale looks at an early divorce case for insight into Victorian novels, health fads and views of marriage.
By JEREMY WALDRON
Reviewed by MICHAEL W. McCONNELL
A legal philosopher urges Americans to punish hate speech.
By ROBERT J. SHILLER
Reviewed by SEBASTIAN MALLABY
The way to a stronger economy is to encourage the financial industry, Robert J. Shiller argues.
By WITOLD PILECKI. Translated by JAREK GARLINSKI.
Reviewed by TIMOTHY SNYDER
The long-suppressed account of life in Auschwitz by a Polish officer.
By DAVID F. DUFTY
Reviewed by LAWRENCE DOWNES
An android of the author Philip K. Dick has a story of his own.
By A. N. WILSON
Reviewed by DAGMAR HERZOG
A. N. Wilson's brief biography examines how a ludicrously run-of-the-mill man like Hitler rose to a position of such terrible power.
By JOHN WILLIAMS
New fiction by Nick Dybek, Cristina Comencini, Dan Barden and Marcel Beyer.
By ROSIE DASTGIR
Reviewed by JULIET LAPIDOS
A financial windfall bedevils this novel's Pakistani patriarch.
By GRACE McCLEEN
Reviewed by AMITY GAIGE
A troubled 10-year-old hears a divine voice in Grace McCleen's first novel.
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The author of "Independence Day" and "The Sportswriter" says he's not a tough cry under any circumstances. "My own book 'Canada' made me cry the last time I read it."
Back Page
By CHRISTOPHER BRAM
Marriage, in one form or another, has figured prominently in gay and lesbian fiction for quite some time.
By GREGORY COWLES
When the homey South Carolina novelist Dorothea Benton Frank signed books after a reading recently, one octogenarian in the audience asked if he could suck her toes.
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.
By IHSAN TAYLOR
Paperback books of particular interest.
This week, Linda Hirshman talks about "Victory," her history of the gay rights movement; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Lawrence Downes discusses the android Philip K. Dick; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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