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Books New FictionThe characters of Meg Wolitzer's latest novel are so insightful and articulate that it's a pleasure to listen to them think. Books I Choose My Choice!The fruits of the feminist revolution? Sisterhood, empowerment, and eight hours a day in a cubicle. By Sandra Tsing Loh. Books A Vision in ConcreteEditor’s Choice: Oscar Niemeyer’s work continues to enchant and appall students of architecture and urban planning. By Benjamin Schwarz. Books Cassocks and CodpiecesSalman Rushdie’s ebullient historical novel manifests both his dexterous erudition and his bawdy wit. By Christopher Hitchens. |
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Essay My Life In SalesA month of living in a suitcase, eating in airports, and cracking your forehead open against hotel-room walls in the middle of the night often comes to very little. But the only thing worse than going on book tour is not going. By Ann Patchett. Books Waste Not, Want EverythingEditor’s Choice: A panoramic new history brilliantly mixes the seismic and the everyday. By Benjamin Schwarz. Books The Uses of EnchantmentBarbara Walters got the story by giving her subjects what they wanted. By Caitlin Flanagan. Books Un Homme in FullA blinkered and besotted account of Nicolas Sarkozy’s presidential campaign succumbs to the erotic entanglements of biography. By Cristina Nehring. Books Where the Wild Things AreThe enduring, untamable appeal of Saki's short stories. By Christopher Hitchens. Books Cover to CoverA guide to additional releases: the real Jack London; Britain's favorite blood sport; Bolshevism at its birth; and more. Books E Pluribus NixonA sweeping new social history portrays Richard Nixon as the president his fratricidal country deserved—and perhaps the best we could have hoped for. By Ross Douthat. |
Books E Pluribus NixonA sweeping new social history portrays Richard Nixon as the president his fratricidal country deserved—and perhaps the best we could have hoped for. By Ross Douthat. Books The Last LaughFlann O'Brien, a comic genius who died young, is finally getting his due. By Joseph O’Neill. Books Arrested DevelopmentIn Cyril Connolly’s classic memoir, the young grow rotten before they are ripe. By Christopher Hitchens. Books Cover to CoverA guide to additional releases: the other Freud; Churchill's valets; Charles Baxter's latest; and more. Books ‘I Am Joan Crawford’Through sheer force of will, Hollywood’s most infamous single mother constructed a persona seductive, repellent, and almost impossible not to watch. By Thomas Mallon. Books Keeping a Civil TongueAn English critic decries the decline of his language—and his civilization. By B. R. Myers. Books A Revolutionary SimpletonA new account of Ezra Pound’s early years reveals his volatile genius—and prefigures the madness that would claim him. By Christopher Hitchens. |
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