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February 22, 2013
Books Update
On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review
'The Love Song of Jonny Valentine'
By TEDDY WAYNE
Reviewed by JESS WALTER
The Bieberesque 11-year-old hero of Teddy Wayne's new novel is beginning to realize that he's a confection - manufactured, managed and manipulated by a corporate team of adults.
Up Front: Jess Walter
'Little Known Facts'
By CHRISTINE SNEED
Reviewed by CURTIS SITTENFELD
Christine Sneed's novel stars a 50-something movie star, an idol along the lines of Harrison Ford, and his family and colleagues.
Also in the Book Review
Jackie Collins: By the Book
The author of "Hollywood Wives" and, most recently, "The Power Trip," believes "The Great Gatsby" is the best love story ever. Fitzgerald, she says, had sexual chemistry down.
By the Book: Archive
'Give Me Everything You Have'
By JAMES LASDUN
Reviewed by SCOTT BRADFIELD
James Lasdun describes the experience of being stalked by a disturbed former student.
'See Now Then'
By JAMAICA KINCAID
Reviewed by FERNANDA EBERSTADT
In Jamaica Kincaid's novel, an ugly divorce ends the domestic idyll of a New England family.
'Detroit: An American Autopsy'
By CHARLIE LEDUFF
Reviewed by PAUL CLEMENS
A journalist and Detroit native searches for clues to the city's fate.
'Umbrella'
By WILL SELF
Reviewed by JUDITH SHULEVITZ
In Will Self's neo-modernist novel, a woman who has languished for decades in a mental hospital is briefly revived from oblivion.
'Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain'
By JOHN DARWIN
Reviewed by ALEX VON TUNZELMANN
From ramshackle trading posts to the princely states of India, John Darwin examines 500 years of British expansion.
'City of Angels: Or, The Overcoat of Dr. Freud'
By CHRISTA WOLF. Translated by DAMION SEARLS.
Reviewed by JOSHUA HAMMER
In this autobiographical novel, Christa Wolf wrestles with her ambiguous cooperation with the Stasi.
'Life Among Giants'
By BILL ROORBACH
Reviewed by HALEY TANNER
This novel involves a dead rock star and an unsolved double homicide, nighttime trysts, affairs, embezzling and illicit recordings.
'Gods Like Us'
By TY BURR
Reviewed by CARYN JAMES
A cultural history of movie stardom examines our worship and resentment of screen icons.
'The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend'
By GLENN FRANKEL
Reviewed by J. HOBERMAN
Glenn Frankel sorts through the layers of history in a classic film.
Fiction Chronicle
By ALISON McCULLOCH
New books by Sarah Selecky, Whitney Otto, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, David Park and Christine Schutt.
CRIME
The Bank Job
By MARILYN STASIO
Roger Hobbs's "Ghostman" is named after the most elusive gang member - the guy who makes everything disappear.
February 22, 2013
Books Update
On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review
'The Love Song of Jonny Valentine'
By TEDDY WAYNE
Reviewed by JESS WALTER
The Bieberesque 11-year-old hero of Teddy Wayne's new novel is beginning to realize that he's a confection - manufactured, managed and manipulated by a corporate team of adults.
Up Front: Jess Walter'Little Known Facts'
By CHRISTINE SNEED
Reviewed by CURTIS SITTENFELD
Christine Sneed's novel stars a 50-something movie star, an idol along the lines of Harrison Ford, and his family and colleagues.
Also in the Book Review
Jackie Collins: By the Book
The author of "Hollywood Wives" and, most recently, "The Power Trip," believes "The Great Gatsby" is the best love story ever. Fitzgerald, she says, had sexual chemistry down.
By the Book: Archive'Give Me Everything You Have'
By JAMES LASDUN
Reviewed by SCOTT BRADFIELD
James Lasdun describes the experience of being stalked by a disturbed former student.
'See Now Then'
By JAMAICA KINCAID
Reviewed by FERNANDA EBERSTADT
In Jamaica Kincaid's novel, an ugly divorce ends the domestic idyll of a New England family.
'Detroit: An American Autopsy'
By CHARLIE LEDUFF
Reviewed by PAUL CLEMENS
A journalist and Detroit native searches for clues to the city's fate.
'Umbrella'
By WILL SELF
Reviewed by JUDITH SHULEVITZ
In Will Self's neo-modernist novel, a woman who has languished for decades in a mental hospital is briefly revived from oblivion.
'Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain'
By JOHN DARWIN
Reviewed by ALEX VON TUNZELMANN
From ramshackle trading posts to the princely states of India, John Darwin examines 500 years of British expansion.
'City of Angels: Or, The Overcoat of Dr. Freud'
By CHRISTA WOLF. Translated by DAMION SEARLS.
Reviewed by JOSHUA HAMMER
In this autobiographical novel, Christa Wolf wrestles with her ambiguous cooperation with the Stasi.
'Life Among Giants'
By BILL ROORBACH
Reviewed by HALEY TANNER
This novel involves a dead rock star and an unsolved double homicide, nighttime trysts, affairs, embezzling and illicit recordings.
'Gods Like Us'
By TY BURR
Reviewed by CARYN JAMES
A cultural history of movie stardom examines our worship and resentment of screen icons.
'The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend'
By GLENN FRANKEL
Reviewed by J. HOBERMAN
Glenn Frankel sorts through the layers of history in a classic film.
Fiction Chronicle
By ALISON McCULLOCH
New books by Sarah Selecky, Whitney Otto, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, David Park and Christine Schutt.
CRIME
The Bank Job
By MARILYN STASIO
Roger Hobbs's "Ghostman" is named after the most elusive gang member - the guy who makes everything disappear.
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