'The
Last Flight of Poxl West'
By DANIEL TORDAY
Reviewed by TEDDY WAYNE
A World War
II memoir by a Jewish R.A.F. bomber is the book-within-a-book in Daniel
Torday's first novel.
Erik
Larson: By the Book
The author,
most recently, of "Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania,"
keeps a book full of photographs of miniature dioramas of bloody crime scenes
on his shelves. "A gift from a friend."
'The
Death of Caesar'
By BARRY STRAUSS
Reviewed by JAMES ROMM
Barry Strauss
examines the assassination of Julius Caesar and its aftermath.
'The
Musical Brain'
By CÉSAR AIRA.
Translated by CHRIS ANDREWS.
Reviewed by PATTI SMITH
The
characters in César Aira's stories inhabit a shifting landscape of events.
'Girl
in a Band'
By KIM GORDON
Reviewed by QUESTLOVE
Questlove
reviews Ms. Gordon's new memoir, which doesn't shy away from unpleasantness in
discussing life before, during and after Sonic Youth.
'Migratory
Animals'
By MARY HELEN SPECHT
Reviewed by JOANNA RAKOFF
Adulthood
hasn't come easy for the 30-somethings in this novel.
'The
Tell-Tale Heart'
By JILL DAWSON
Reviewed by ABIGAIL MEISEL
A
philanderer's life is transformed after a heart transplant.
'Frank'
By BARNEY FRANK
Reviewed by FRANK BRUNI
Former
Representative Barney Frank, a liberal mainstay, offers his views on the
political process and his role within it.
'The
Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell'
By WILLIAM KLABER
Reviewed by MAX BYRD
This
historical novel's protagonist lived as a man.
'The
Unraveling of Mercy Louis'
By KEIJA PARSSINEN
Reviewed by BECCA ROTHFELD
A teenager
navigates a series of disasters.
'The
Discreet Hero'
By MARIO VARGAS LLOSA.
Translated by EDITH GROSSMAN.
Reviewed by FRANCISCO GOLDMAN
Characters from
previous Mario Vargas Llosa novels return in this tale of privilege, extortion
and greed.
'For
Love of Country'
By HOWARD SCHULTZ and
RAJIV CHANDRASEKARAN
Reviewed by JAMES WRIGHT
A celebration
of the courage, dedication and sacrifice of this generation of American
veterans.
'The
Illuminations'
By ANDREW O'HAGAN
Reviewed by DANI SHAPIRO
A war-scarred
man finds comfort in unraveling secrets from his grandmother's past.
'In
Every Way'
By NIC BROWN
Reviewed by JULIE SARKISSIAN
In this
novel, a woman takes a job as nanny to the baby she gave up for adoption.
'I
Am Radar'
By REIF LARSEN
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER BYRD
Reif Larsen's
novel takes on race and self-reinvention.
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