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On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

'A Delicate Truth'
By JOHN LE CARRE
Reviewed by OLEN STEINHAUER


In John le Carré's new novel, "A Delicate Truth," shortsightedness, hypocrisy, lies and unfettered greed plague the "post-imperial, post-cold-war world."
Magazine: Profile of John le Carré


Also in the Book Review

Robert Bly: By the Book


The poet and critic, whose correspondence with the poet Tomas Transtromer, "Airmail," has just been published, was influenced by Kierkegaard: "He predicts the rise of savagery."
By the Book: Archive

'Beyond War: Reimagining American Influence in a New Middle East'
By DAVID ROHDE
Reviewed by PETER BEINART


David Rohde shows the consequences of raising U.S.A.I.D. budgets and cutting its staff.

'Shadow Warrior'
By RANDALL B. WOODS
Reviewed by EVAN THOMAS


This biography of William Colby, onetime director of the Central Intelligence Agency, reveals a spy who could blend in anywhere.

'The Woman Upstairs'
By CLAIRE MESSUD
Reviewed by LIESL SCHILLINGER


Claire Messud's latest novel depicts a thwarted artist bewitched by a boy and his parents.

'The Fall of the Stone City'
By ISMAIL KADARE. Translated by JOHN HODGSON.
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER BYRD


Fiction meets history in Ismail Kadare's novel.

'Harvard Square'
By ANDRÉ ACIMAN
Reviewed by CLANCY MARTIN


In André Aciman's novel, an alienated immigrant grad student befriends a volatile immigrant hack.

'Vera Gran: The Accused'
By AGATA TUSZYNSKA
Reviewed by JAMES LASDUN


The Polish singer Vera Gran survived World War II, but at a heavy price.

'Time Reborn'
By LEE SMOLIN
Reviewed by ALAN LIGHTMAN


The theoretical physicist Lee Smolin examines the role of time in the universe.

Science Chronicle
By CHRISTINE KENNEALLY


New books by Chip Walter, Jesse J. Prinz, Torkel Klingberg and Ray Kurzweil.

'A Guide to Being Born: Stories'
By RAMONA AUSUBEL
Reviewed by HELEN OYEYEMI


Ramona Ausubel's fantastical story collection traces a cycle of transformation: from love to conception to gestation to birth.
Up Front: Helen Oyeyemi

'Angelopolis'
By DANIELLE TRUSSONI
Reviewed by HELENE WECKER


A mysterious Fabergé egg encodes secrets at the heart of Danielle Trussoni's second tale of evil fallen angels..

'George Anderson: Notes for a Love Song in Imperial Time'
By PETER DIMOCK
Reviewed by HEIDI JULAVITS


Peter Dimock's narrator, haunted by the treatment of political detainees, writes to a former Bush administration official.

CRIME
Death and the Maidens
By MARILYN STASIO


Anne Perry's novel "Midnight at Marble Arch" is a sweeping and scandalous exposé of sexual brutality amid the upper classes.

'A Grand Complication'
By STACY PERMAN
Reviewed by ROBERT H. FRANK


In early-20th-century America, two powerful men were engaged in a contest to possess the world's most remarkable watch.