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Books Update: Lost Tracks

September 7, 2012
Books Update

On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

'Telegraph Avenue'
By MICHAEL CHABON
Reviewed by JENNIFER EGAN

Michael Chabon's new novel is set in and around a used record store on the boulevard in Northern California where Oakland aligns with Berkeley.
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Joyce Carol Oates: By the Book

The author, most recently, of "Two or Three Things I Forgot to Tell You" and "Black Dahlia & White Rose" admits that she first found Walt Whitman disappointing: "Please don't send contemptuous e-mails."

'Thomas Becket: Warrior, Priest, Rebel'
By JOHN GUY
Reviewed by ALIDA BECKER

As chancellor, Thomas Becket was Henry II's confidant; as archbishop, he became a bitter enemy.

'Winter Journal'
By PAUL AUSTER
Reviewed by MEGHAN O'ROURKE

Paul Auster's memoir includes an elegy for his mother, reflections on aging and an examination of the body's frailties and desires.

'The Second World War'
By ANTONY BEEVOR
Reviewed by RICHARD TOYE

Antony Beevor's survey of World War II reconstructs the battles at sea, on land and in the air.

'Little America'
By RAJIV CHANDRASEKARAN
Reviewed by LINDA ROBINSON

Rajiv Chandrasekaran reports on America's involvement in Afghanistan.

'The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving'
By JONATHAN EVISON
Reviewed by JENNIFER GILMORE

His family life a shambles, Jonathan Evison's floundering hero looks elsewhere for a sense of purpose.

Up Front: Jennifer Gilmore

'Shout Her Lovely Name'
By NATALIE SERBER
Reviewed by ROBIN ROMM

In these stories, women are subject to appraisal by men, and one another.

'Monkey Mind'
By DANIEL SMITH
Reviewed by BEN GREENMAN

Daniel Smith describes what it's like to live with anxiety and its destructive absurdities.

'Killer on the Road'
By GINGER STRAND
Reviewed by MARILYN STASIO

An examination of the disproportionate fear around violence on the freeway.

'Sarah Thornhill'
By KATE GRENVILLE
Reviewed by SUSANN COKAL

In this historical novel, Kate Grenville explores modern Australia's origins through the story of one family.

'Embers of War'
By FREDRIK LOGEVALL
Reviewed by ALAN BRINKLEY

A historian examines the end of French rule in Vietnam and the beginning of American involvement.

'Privacy'
By GARRET KEIZER
Reviewed by JEFFREY ROSEN

Garret Keizer considers privacy and the economic and class dimensions of its erosion.

Fiction Chronicle
By JAN STUART

New fiction by Amanda Coplin, Bridget Siegel, Vincent Lam, Erik Orsenna and David R. Gillham.
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Inside the List
By GREGORY COWLES

The novelist Tess Gerritsen - whose mystery "Last to Die" enters the hardcover fiction list at No. 3 - was long reluctant to include elements of her Chinese-American heritage in her books.

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Book Review Podcast

This week, Jennifer Egan discusses Michael Chabon's "Telegraph Avenue"; Parul Sehgal on the flood of important fiction this fall; Daniel Smith talks about his book "Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety"; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.