- September 5, 2005
- Fly Like an Ego
In praise of self-indulgence.
- August 22, 2005
- The Smartest Guy in the Room
Edmund Wilson’s brilliance won him untold love and admiration, but for him, nothing beat a good book.
- July 25, 2005
- The Toughest Jews
Avner Mandelman’s stories capture the tortured psyche of Israel’s baby-boomers.
- June 13, 2005
- Fine Specimen
Michael Cunningham’s latest wrestles Walt Whitman— and comes out on top.
- June 6, 2005
- Losing His Grip
Nick Hornby is a lovely, witty prose stylist—but without real characters, his latest novel falls flat.
- June 1, 1998
- Best Western
Just when it seemed his "Border Trilogy" had thundered out of control comes Cormac McCarthy with a novel that lassoes the first two neatly.
- January 8, 2001
- Stairway to Heaven
The Death of Vishnu, By Manil Suri.
- June 18, 2001
- Ransom Notes
Bel Canto
By Ann Patchett
- November 27, 2000
- Telltale Hearts
The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi
By Arthur Japin.
Alfred A. Knopf; 390 pages; $26.95.
- June 1, 1998
- In Brief: "The Meaning of It All"
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