NY Times Sunday Book Review

'The Secret Knowledge'

By DAVID MAMET
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

David Mamet comes out swinging against liberalism, offering his views on religion and American culture.

'State of Wonder'

By ANN PATCHETT
Reviewed by FERNANDA EBERSTADT

Ann Patchett's heroine, on the trail of a reclusive scientist in the Amazon, faces demons real and imagined.

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'Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention'

By MANNING MARABLE
Reviewed by TOURE

Manning Marable's biography of Malcolm X draws upon letters, diaries, F.B.I. reports and interviews with contemporaries to trace his career and illuminates his intellectual and spiritual development.