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Book Reviews Archive

January 25, 1999
"Lila Says"
February 5, 2001
Battlefield Barbie

Shutterbabe By Deborah Copaken Kogan, The Art of Arts By Anita Albus

December 17, 2001
Upon This Rock

The Rock
By Kanan Makiya
Pantheon; 352 pages; $26.

June 5, 2000
Banks's Account

A collection from 37 years of Russell Banks's short stories displays the talents of a writer known more for the chilly films made from his novels.

February 15, 1999
The Smashing Eggheads

Norman Podhoretz's memoir of bare-knuckle intellectuals is good, trashy reading -- Jerry Springer by another name.

November 1, 2004
Boys on the Bus

Novelist Stephen Elliott unleashes his wounded innocence on Campaign 2004.

February 14, 2000
Heaven Can Wait

E. L. Doctorow's newest depicts a New York on its way to a spiritual awakening. But as a novel, it doesn't quite get out of bed.

April 22, 2002
Boy of Wonders

Everything Is Illuminated
By Jonathan Safran Foer.

March 12, 2001
Emerald Bile

My Dream of You By Nuala O'Faolain, Aiding and Abetting By Muriel Spark

October 21, 2002
Road Show

Dave Eggers sends two slackers staggering off to save the world by giving money to strangers. Genius? No. Shrewdly observed, multileveled, highly funny? Definitely.

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