‘The Only Son’ Captures the Other Rousseau’s Paris
French writer Stéphane Audeguy has chosen an obscure — but wonderfully eccentric — protagonist for his second novel, The Only Son.
Daniel Mendelsohn Elegantly Cuts Down Culture Bigwigs
Mendelsohn's elegant criticism for The New York Review of Books and elsewhere has been collected in this volume of essays.
Daniel Mendelsohn Elegantly Cuts Down Culture Bigwigs
Mendelsohn's elegant criticism for The New York Review of Books and elsewhere has been collected in this volume of essays.
Christopher Buckley Satirizes Supreme Court in Latest
If it feels like Christopher Buckley turns out a new book every time you finish his last, well, we suppose it’s because he has no shortage of targets.
Christopher Buckley Satirizes Supreme Court in Latest
If it feels like Christopher Buckley turns out a new book every time you finish his last, well, we suppose it’s because he has no shortage of targets.
A Top-Shelf Crime Novel From ‘Cold Case Files’ Writer
Top-shelf crime novels eventually find their way to the screen, but Michael Harvey’s work has evolved in the other direction.
A Top-Shelf Crime Novel From ‘Cold Case Files’ Writer
Top-shelf crime novels eventually find their way to the screen, but Michael Harvey’s work has evolved in the other direction.
Daniel Levitin’s Latest Puts Music Somewhere Near Darwin
Levitin is back with The World in Six Songs, a book that aims to prove that music doesn't just make us feel good, our brains have used it to organize society.
Daniel Levitin’s Latest Puts Music Somewhere Near Darwin
Levitin is back with The World in Six Songs, a book that aims to prove that music doesn't just make us feel good, our brains have used it to organize society.
‘Man in the Dark’: Paul Auster Imagines a Life Without 9/11
This counterfactual novel, in which Bush versus Gore led to civil war and September 11 never happened, isn't a gimmicky departure for Paul Auster, but a characteristically Austerian dream vision.
‘Man in the Dark’: Paul Auster Imagines a Life Without 9/11
This counterfactual novel, in which Bush versus Gore led to civil war and September 11 never happened, isn't a gimmicky departure for Paul Auster, but a characteristically Austerian dream vision.
Revered Author Antonio Muñoz Molina Goes Meta-Mystery
Antonio Muñoz Molina’s latest beautifully wrought novel, A Manuscript of Ashes, is set in Franco-era Spain and tells the story of a young university student, Minaya, who retreats to his uncle Manuel’s mansion in the countryside.
Revered Author Antonio Muñoz Molina Goes Meta-Mystery
Antonio Muñoz Molina’s latest beautifully wrought novel, A Manuscript of Ashes, is set in Franco-era Spain and tells the story of a young university student, Minaya, who retreats to his uncle Manuel’s mansion in the countryside.
Joseph Mitchell, Master of the “Has-Been” Profile
Joseph Mitchell’s fascinating and delightful mid-century reporting has us yearning for the saltier, scrappier New York he inhabited.
Joseph Mitchell, Master of the “Has-Been” Profile
Joseph Mitchell’s fascinating and delightful mid-century reporting has us yearning for the saltier, scrappier New York he inhabited.
A ‘Wife Of’ Struggles in Rebecca Miller’s Personal Debut
She may be the daughter of Arthur Miller and wife of Daniel Day-Lewis, but Rebecca Miller is making her own mark on the film and literary worlds.
A ‘Wife Of’ Struggles in Rebecca Miller’s Personal Debut
She may be the daughter of Arthur Miller and wife of Daniel Day-Lewis, but Rebecca Miller is making her own mark on the film and literary worlds.
‘Syncopations’: American Lit Scene Through a Wide Lens
The Scot is a critic of uncommonly wide interests in the American scene.
‘Syncopations’: American Lit Scene Through a Wide Lens
The Scot is a critic of uncommonly wide interests in the American scene.
Albert Camus Characteristically Heavy in His ‘Notebooks’
One of the pleasures of this edition of Albert Camus’s late-life notebooks is in skipping around...
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