On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review
By DAVID THOMSON
Reviewed by NATHAN HELLER
The avid, idiosyncratic movie critic David Thomson traces a path through more than a century of movie history, from Eadweard Muybridge to Martin Scorsese.
Also in the Book Review
By MOLLY HASKELL
Margaret Talbot writes about her father, the actor Lyle Talbot, in "The Entertainer," and Richard Lingeman writes about paranoia and insecurity in Hollywood and elsewhere in "The Noir Forties."
The "Glee" star and author of "Struck by Lightning" is a fan of Carrie Fisher's "Wishful Drinking": "I love painfully honest authors who aren't afraid to say, 'I was a mess!' "
By EDUARDO HALFON
Reviewed by SHEILA GLASER
Eduardo Halfon's narrator tries to discover the truth about his grandfather's past.
By LIESL SCHILLINGER
How Diana Vreeland, Grace Coddington and Anna Wintour have made the world of fashion hum.
By ALBERTO MANGUEL. Translated by MIRANDA FRANCE.
Reviewed by MICHAEL JAUCHEN
In Alberto Manguel's novel, a journalist traces the life of an elusive South American writer.
By ROBIN SLOAN
Reviewed by ROXANE GAY
In this novel, traditional researchers and digital experts join forces to solve a mystery.
By HOWARD POLLACK
Reviewed by WILLIAM S. NIEDERKORN
The work of the composer Marc Blitzstein was often ignored because of his left-wing politics and openly gay sexuality.
By REBECCA TUHUS-DUBROW
New books by Lorna Goodison, Pablo Medina, David Vann and Stephen L. Carter.
By FRANCOIS BIZOT. Translated by CHARLOTTE MANDELL and ANTOINE AUDOUARD.
Reviewed by BELINDA COOPER
A former Khmer Rouge prisoner meets his captor.
Children's Books
By ELIZABETH RUBIN
Two picture books with an international perspective take a look at how conflicts start.
By PAMELA PAUL
"Penguin and Pinecone," "Penguin's Hidden Talent," and more.
By AUDREY COULOUMBIS
Reviewed by JESSICA BRUDER
A 15-year-old creates an alter ego to woo his dream girl.
By LAUREN OLIVER
Reviewed by CHELSEY PHILPOT
A basement passage leads a lonely girl into another realm.
By KAREN CUSHMAN
Reviewed by MICHAEL SIMS
Karen Cushman's young hero comes of age in the 16th century.
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