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April 5, 2013
Books Update



On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

'Between Man and Beast'
By MONTE REEL
Reviewed by DAVID QUAMMEN


In "Between Man and Beast," Monte Reel tells the story of the 19th-century explorer Paul Du Chaillu, who returned from Africa with evidence that a creature of myth - the gorilla - actually existed.
Up Front: David Quammen
Also in the Book Review

Isabel Allende: By the Book


The author of the forthcoming novel "Maya's Notebook" says reading Gabriel García Márquez made her want to become a writer: "I thought, 'If this guy can do it, so can I.'"
By the Book: Archive

'All This Talk of Love'
By CHRISTOPHER CASTELLANI
Reviewed by MARIA RUSSO


In this novel, Italian-Americans balance their aspirations for the future and their nostalgia for Italy.

'Fear Itself'
By IRA KATZNELSON
Reviewed by KEVIN BOYLE


Ira Katznelson examines how Franklin D. Roosevelt won approval for the New Deal, and at what cost.

'FDR and the Jews'
By RICHARD BREITMAN and ALLAN J. LICHTMAN
Reviewed by DAVID OSHINSKY


To fight World War II, Roosevelt needed support from legislators who wanted to keep out Europe's Jews.

'The Imposter Bride'
By NANCY RICHLER
Reviewed by NANCY KLINE


An abandoned daughter searches for her mother in Nancy Richler's novel set in postwar Montreal.

'Double Feature'
By OWEN KING
Reviewed by DAVID THOMSON


Owen King's hero grapples with his first film and his complicated relationship with his father, a B-movie Lothario.

'Bolívar: American Liberator'
By MARIE ARANA
Reviewed by PAUL BERMAN


Marie Arana's biography assesses the man who led Latin America's independence movement against Spanish rule.

'Comandante: Hugo Chávez's Venezuela'
By RORY CARROLL
Reviewed by JONATHAN TEPPERMAN


A new biography of Hugo Chávez can serve as a political obituary.

'The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad'
By LESLEY HAZLETON
Reviewed by HARI KUNZRU


This book presents the life of Muhammad for Western readers.

'Siege 13'
By TAMAS DOBOZY
Reviewed by GARTH RISK HALLBERG


Tamas Dobozy's stories unfold between war-torn Hungary and the émigré circles of present-day North America.

VISUALS
Punk'd
By STEVEN HELLER


"The Best of Punk Magazine" is the missing link in the flurry of books published over the past few years chronicling punk music and art.

CRIME
A Death in Venice
By MARILYN STASIO


In "The Golden Egg," Donna Leon's latest Venetian mystery, Commissario Guido Brunetti looks into the suspicious death of the deaf and mentally disabled man who worked for his neighborhood dry cleaner.

'Long Shot'
By MIKE PIAZZA with LONNIE WHEELER
Reviewed by ADA CALHOUN


Mike Piazza recalls his career: his achievements, his feuds.

'Fellow Mortals'
By DENNIS MAHONEY
Reviewed by ELIZABETH GRAVER


A thoughtless act profoundly alters a community.