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Books Update 13/ X / 2012

October 12, 2012
Books Update

On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

'Son'
By LOIS LOWRY
Reviewed by ROBIN WASSERMAN

In the conclusion to Lois Lowry's dystopian "Giver" quartet, a young woman fights against her community to try to find her son.

Also in the Book Review

J. K. Rowling: By the Book

The author of "Harry Potter" and, now, "The Casual Vacancy" says her favorite literary character is Jo March: "It is hard to overstate what she meant to a small, plain girl called Jo."

By the Book: Archive

'The Round House'
By LOUISE ERDRICH
Reviewed by MARIA RUSSO

An American Indian family faces the ramifications of a vicious crime in Louise Erdrich's novel.

'Joseph Anton: A Memoir'
By SALMAN RUSHDIE
Reviewed by DONNA RIFKIND

Salman Rushdie invented a new self, "Joseph Anton," as he hid from a murderous fatwa.

Up Front: Donna Rifkind

'The Graves Are Walking'
By JOHN KELLY
Reviewed by ISAAC CHOTINER

John Kelly's history emphasizes the British blundering, prejudice and hostility behind the Irish potato famine.

'The Island of Second Sight'
By ALBERT VIGOLEIS THELEN. Translated by DONALD O. WHITE.
Reviewed by ALAN RIDING

Albert Vigoleis Thelen's fictionalized memoir of his heady time on a Spanish island in the 1930s.

'I'm Your Man'
By SYLVIE SIMMONS
Reviewed by A. M. HOMES

A Leonard Cohen biography considers the life behind the songs.

'This Machine Kills Secrets: How WikiLeakers, Cypherpunks, and Hacktivists Aim to Free the World's Information'
By ANDY GREENBERG
Reviewed by EVGENY MOROZOV

A wide-ranging look at efforts to free the world's institutional secrets - from the cryptography revolution of the 1970s to WikiLeaks.

'The Twenty-Year Death'
By ARIEL S. WINTER
Reviewed by MARILYN STASIO

Three linked crime novels, each written in the style of a master of the genre.

Children's Books

What Goes Around
By EMILY BAZELON

It's Anti-Bullying Awareness Month, and these books remind us that even small acts of kindness can have far-reaching effects.

''Who Could That Be at This Hour?''
By LEMONY SNICKET. Illustrated by SETH.
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER HEALY

"Unanswered questions" abound in a new series starring Lemony Snicket.

Bookshelf: Monsters
By PAMELA PAUL

New picture books starring Frankenstein and others.

Slide Show: Monsters

Twice-Told Tales
By HOLLY BLACK

Several new books reapproach age-old stories.

Bookshelf: Adventures Afar
By PAMELA PAUL

New books that chronicle adventures, from a mouse that travels to Antarctica to a retelling of the life of Achilles.

Slide Show: Adventures Afar

Bookshelf: After Hours
By PAMELA PAUL

New picture books about nighttime, including siblings who propose to cancel bedtime and an A-to-Z menagerie of sleepers.

Slide Show: After Hours

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All the Lists

Back Page

Nixon Protagonistes
By JIM ARNDORFER

John Steinbeck was once approached to write a novel intended to sabotage Richard Nixon's presidential campaign.

Inside the List
By GREGORY COWLES

James Wesley, Rawles (the comma is no typo) is surely the only best-selling novelist whose fans frequently ask him whether to favor bullets or gold during the total collapse of civilization.

Editors' Choice

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.

Paperback Row
By IHSAN TAYLOR

Paperback books of particular interest.

Book Review Podcast

This week, Lois Lowry discusses her novel "Son"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Evgeny Morozov talks about the world of hacktivists; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.