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 December 12, 2008Books Update |
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On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review The Book Review picks the best works from the last year. Book News & More Reviews »ADVERTISEMENT  Also in This Week's Book Review A collection of photographs and commentary from Annie Leibovitz. After 20 years, a funny French novel is translated.  Art Spiegelman, Jonathan Ames and David Heatley pack their comics with neuroses and unsavory impulses galore. Another American journey with William Least Heat-Moon.  A controversial novel of life with the Prophet Muhammad, as told by a wife.  Two books discuss the humanitarian “responsibility to protect.” In Wally Lamb’s new novel, a high school shooting is just the beginning of a couple’s misfortune.  A biography of Gerard Manley Hopkins, Victorian poet and Jesuit.  Geoff Nicholson leads readers down the path of pedestrianism, with ample opportunity for diversion.  Garry Wills translates Marcus Valerius Martialis, ancient Rome’s bawdiest poet. A British novel begins with two Thatcher-era families and travels through time.  Charles Seife suggests it may be time to abandon the quest to produce nuclear fusion in the laboratory. An Army archive reveals widespread abuse by American troops in Vietnam.  A novelist recounts Lord Byron’s marriage and his obsession for his half sister. | Books FeaturesEssay According to my rough calculations, it could cost as little as $10 billion to solve the writing crisis. Crime New crime fiction reviewed: “The Private Patient,” by P. D. James; “The Inner Circle,” by Mari Jungstedt; “Bamboo and Blood,” by James Church; and “A Good Death,” by Elizabeth Ironside. In the NewsExhibition Review | 'One Life: The Mask of Lincoln' An exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery and a spate of new books anticipate Lincoln’s coming bicentennial year. The singer Harry Belafonte withdrew the three items from sale on the eve of the auction. Best Sellers
Web FeaturesRecently in the Book Review’s blog: A discussion of Abraham Lincoln; the scoop on one of George Plimpton’s famous parties; and a playlist by Charles Bock. This week: the Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2008; Motoko Rich with Notes From the Field, Lorraine Adams on a controversial novel about one of Muhammad’s wives, and Jennifer Schuessler with bestseller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host. Editor’s NoteThanks for taking the time to read this e-mail. Feel free to send feedback; I enjoy hearing your opinions and will do my best to respond. Blake Wilson  |
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