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Book Review | 'Angelology,' by Danielle Trussoni

View Original Article Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:22:12 GMT
In Danielle Trussoni?s rousing novel, a young nun is drawn into an ancient struggle against the Nephilim, hybrid offspring of humans and heavenly beings.

Book Review | 'Rebel Land: Unraveling the Riddle of History in a Turkish Town,' by Christopher de Bellaigue

View Original Article Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:30:03 GMT
Christopher de Bellaigue investigates the bewildering historical entanglements in which Turkey is ensnared.

Book Review | 'The Ask,' by Sam Lipsyte

View Original Article Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:54:08 GMT
This darkly humorous satiric novel, a witty paean to white-collar loserdom, stars a deeply cynical academic fund-raiser fighting for his job.

Book Review | 'The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight,' by Gina Ochsner

View Original Article Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:56:39 GMT
Gina Ochsner?s first novel links the grim anomie of post-Soviet Russia to the delirium of magic realism.

Book Review | 'This Book Is Overdue: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All,' by Marilyn Johnson

View Original Article Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:44:42 GMT
An exploration of the world of libraries and librarians, via a tour of eccentric characters and unlikely locations.

Book Review | 'The Infinities,' by John Banville

View Original Article Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:33:47 GMT
In John Banville?s novel, a crew of Greek deities attends a mathematician?s deathbed.

Book Review | 'The Untold War: Inside the Hearts, Minds, and Souls of Our Soldiers,' by Nancy Sherman

View Original Article Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:29:08 GMT
A philosopher and psychoanalyst documents the stories of veterans and brings a dual perspective to the experience of war.

Book Review | 'Tammy Wynette: Tragic Country Queen,' by Jimmy McDonough

View Original Article Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:06:32 GMT
The life and hard times of the country singer Tammy Wynette.

Book Review | 'Chasing the White Dog: An Amateur Outlaw?s Adventures in Moonshine,' by Max Watman

View Original Article Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:27:30 GMT
Modern profiles and historical sketches animate a moonshine enthusiast?s study of homemade liquor.

Book Review | 'Major Pettigrew?s Last Stand,' by Helen Simonson

View Original Article Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:38:51 GMT
Helen Simonson mischievously unleashes stock village-novel characters into a new England.

Letters: My Leningrad, Too

View Original Article Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:34:30 GMT
Elena Gorokhova, the author of ?A Mountain of Crumbs,? responds to a letter about a review of her memoir.