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August 17, 2012

Books Update

On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

'Lionel Asbo: State of England'

By MARTIN AMIS
Reviewed by KATHRYN HARRISON

The title character of Martin Amis's new novel is a thug who wins the lottery and becomes a tabloid darling.

Also in the Book Review

Ira Glass: By the Book

The host of "This American Life" and co-writer of the coming film "Sleepwalk With Me" would like to meet Edgar Allan Poe. "I don't have a question, but dude just seems like he could use a hug."

'What Dies in Summer'

By TOM WRIGHT
Reviewed by JULIE MYERSON

As cousins come of age, a killer stalks young girls in this first novel.

'How Much Is Enough?'

By ROBERT SKIDELSKY and EDWARD SKIDELSKY
Reviewed by RICHARD A. POSNER

A historian and his philosopher son make a case for the shorter hours Keynes predicted.

James Joyce, left, and Ezra Pound, circa 1925.

'James Joyce: A New Biography'

By GORDON BOWKER
Reviewed by COLM TOIBIN

A new biography of James Joyce records his struggles against censors and literary snobs.

An Iranian Saeqeh missile is launched during war games in April 2010 in southern Iran near the Strait of Hormuz.

'The Twilight War'

By DAVID CRIST
Reviewed by JAMES TRAUB

The conflict between the United States and Iran, from 1979 to the present.

'The Long Walk'

By BRIAN CASTNER
Reviewed by ELIZABETH D. SAMET

Brian Castner realizes that his skills as a bomb technician can be a liability in peacetime.

Gen. Charles de Gaulle reviews colonial troops serving with the Free French Army in Africa, 1941.

'The General'

By JONATHAN FENBY
Reviewed by JOSEF JOFFE

A biography of Charles de Gaulle, an autocrat stuck in a democracy.

'David Hockney'

By CHRISTOPHER SIMON SYKES
Reviewed by DEBORAH SOLOMON

The first volume of a biography of the British artist covers the years 1937 to 1975.

CRIME

Disturbing the Peace

By MARILYN STASIO

In Karin Fossum's novel "The Caller," children are both victims and villains and far more dangerous than any adult.

'Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt'

By CHRIS HEDGES and JOE SACCO
Reviewed by PHILIPP MEYER

A visit to the centers of this country's poverty in the 21st century.

'My Poets'

By MAUREEN N. McLANE
Reviewed by DAISY FRIED

Part memoir and part criticism, Maureen N. McLane's book includes essays about poets, along with lineated poem-games.

'Inside' and 'Signs and Wonders'

By ALIX OHLIN
Reviewed by WILLIAM GIRALDI

Alix Ohlin's characters struggle to make personal connections.

LONDON: Portrait of a City.Edited by Reuel Golden. 552 pp. Taschen. $69.99.This grand-scale photographic tribute strives to affirm Samuel Johnson's aphorism:

Fiction Chronicle

By ALISON McCULLOCH

New books by Elizabeth Haynes, Suzanne Ruta, Karen Thompson Walker, Patrick Lapeyre and Benjamin Wood.

Back Page

To Be Continued

By ANDREW MOTION

The best sequels enrich and extend the original story, but they do not treat it as an unfinished work that needs completion.

Inside the List

By PARUL SEHGAL

Bob Spitz's biography of Julia Child, "Dearie" - one of a flurry of books timed to the centennial of the beloved chef's birth - hits the hardcover nonfiction list at No. 6.

Editors' Choice

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.

This week, Martin Amis discusses his new novel, "Lionel Asbo"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Deborah Solomon talks about the artist David Hockney; and Parul Sehgal has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.