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By JIM HOLT
Reviewed by SARAH BAKEWELL
Jim Holt explores the interzone between philosophy and scientific cosmology in trying to answer an ancient question: why there is something instead of nothing.
Also in the Book Review
By STEVEN GIMBEL
Reviewed by GEORGE JOHNSON
If you can look past anti-Semitism, Steven Gimbel suggests, maybe relativity is "Jewish science" after all.
By LOIS BANNER
Reviewed by ZOË SLUTZKY
A feminist historian explores the contradictions of Marilyn Monroe's character.
By DOUG FINE
Reviewed by BILL MAHER
How legalizing cannabis could change America - culturally, politically and economically.
By KARL TARO GREENFELD
Reviewed by JAY McINERNEY
Karl Taro Greenfeld's novel observes the details of downtown life, circa 2008.
By LYDIA NETZER
Reviewed by LIESL SCHILLINGER
An astronaut's wife is pushed to the brink in Lydia Netzer's novel.
By JOHN BRANDON
Reviewed by CHARLES BOCK
John Brandon's novel, set outside Albuquerque, delves into the metaphysic.
By JASCHA HOFFMAN
New books by Allen Buchanan, John Brockman, William Poundstone and Lawrence Weschler.
By JONATHAN GOTTSCHALL
Reviewed by DAVID EAGLEMAN
Make-believe is more than fun and games, Jonathan Gottschall says; it helps us navigate life's complex social problems.
By PADGETT POWELL
Reviewed by THOMAS MALLON
In Padgett Powell's novel, "two weirdly agreeable dudes" share their observations.
By SIMON RICH
Reviewed by PATRICK CASSELS
In Simon Rich's novel, God is C.E.O. of Heaven Inc.
By CARLOS FUENTES. Translated by E. SHASKAN BUMAS and ALEJANDRO BRANGER.
Reviewed by JEFF VANDERMEER
Carlos Fuentes's Dracula is house hunting in Mexico City.
CRIME
By MARILYN STASIO
Tana French's "Broken Harbor" is a psychological suspense story about the dangers of suppressing unthinkable thoughts.
By JEFF HIMMELMAN
Reviewed by PHIL BRONSTEIN
A biography of Ben Bradlee illuminates his complexities.
By DAVID TALBOT
Reviewed by ELLEN ULLMAN
Fifteen tumultuous years in the life of San Francisco, from Altamont to the Super Bowl.
By JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ
Reviewed by THOMAS B. EDSALL
Joseph E. Stiglitz considers the cultural and political consequences of concentrated wealth.
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The author of "Maine" and "Commencement" regrets reading "In Cold Blood": "I'm incapable of going anywhere remotely rural without being up all night worrying that every creaking floorboard is Dick and Perry."
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SKETCHBOOK | RICK MEYEROWITZ
Gertrude Stein, Agatha Christie, Dorothy Parker and others as imagined on the baseball diamond.
By GREGORY COWLES
"Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt," a collaboration between the reporter Chris Hedges and the comics artist Joe Sacco - like an updated version of James Agee's "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" - hits the hardcover nonfiction list at No. 8.
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.
By IHSAN TAYLOR
Paperback books of particular interest.
This week, Liesl Schillinger talks about Lydia Netzer's first novel, "Shine Shine Shine"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Thomas Edsall discusses Joseph Stiglitz's new book about economic inequality; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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