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Newsman Downie trades fact for fiction in his new novel
Leonard Downie Jr. has spent most of his life in the newsroom of The Washington Post. Now the author of four non-fiction books ...

'Disquiet' speaks volumes on family drama
To be sure, Julia Leigh's sophomore work of fiction, Disquiet, is disquieting, a literary story of suspense and even horror. ...

Roundup: First novels of mystery, whimsy, personal pain
Lisa Genova captures the plight of a woman in her prime watching life slip away; Janice Y.K. Lee embarks on love and betrayal ...

Compelling 'College Girl' still has lots to learn, plots to develop
In College Girl, a painfully shy college student, 20-year-old Natalie, is pried loose from her comfort zone of studying and drunken ...

New in Paper: Brooks' 'People of the Book'
People of the Book (Penguin, $15, fiction, reprint) USA TODAY's Susan Kelly called Geraldine Brooks "a skilled storyteller who ...

Book Buzz: What's new on the list and in publishing
Kate Winslet graces the covers of two paperback movie tie-in editions on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list this week: Revolutionary ...

Books of The Times: A 5th Gospel Can Be Like a 5th Wheel
In Michel Faber's novel based on the Prometheus myth, a linguist discovers what appears to be a fifth Gospel, a new account of the Crucifixion.

Arts, Briefly: False Memoir May Find New Life as Fiction
An independent publisher said it was negotiating to release Herman Rosenblat's discredited memoir, "Angel at the Fence," as fiction.

Currents | Books: 11 More Great Homes
The architectural historian Kenneth Frampton has updated his 1995 book with 11 additional houses.

Christmas Essay Was Not His, Author Admits
A personal Christmas tale posted online by the author Neale Donald Walsch turns out to belong to someone else — the writer Candy Chand, who first published it 10 years ago.

Books of The Times: When Labels Fought the Digital, and the Digital Won
Steve Knopper's stark accounting of the mistakes major record labels have made in the digital era suggests they are largely responsible for their own demise.

Richard Seaver, Publisher, Dies at 82
Mr. Seaver defied censorship and conventional literary standards to bring works by rabble-rousing authors like Samuel Beckett, Henry Miller and William Burroughs to American readers.

Books of The Times: In War and Floods, a Family's Leitmotif of Love, Memories and Secrets
Jayne Anne Phillips's intricate, deeply felt new novel fuses wildly disparate influences into something incandescent and utterly original.

Rough Crossing
In Robin Romm's account of her mother's death from cancer, her fury is transformed into an instrument for pursuing truth.


Method and Madness
The first serious Brando biography since his death includes a survey of his posthumous legacy.


Reading Mom and Dad in Tehran
The author of "Reading Lolita in Tehran" fleshes out personal stories left untold or half-told in her earlier work.


Oh So '80s
In Chuck Klosterman's first novel: nostalgia, angst and football.


All American
In her new story collection, Louise Erdrich chronicles Native American ways, but also captures the voices of multitudes.


Woman's Estate
A journalist reports on the family drama surrounding Brooke Astor's decline.


Out of Egypt
The novelist Alaa Al Aswany places his emigré characters in post-9/11 Chicago.


The Reader
A tantalizing study of Hitler's book collection and what it says about the man.


Don't Start the Revolution Without Me
Graham Greene's letters reveal a man in constant search of "the exciting thing" -- the insurgencies and coups of the world.


A Love Supreme
A passionate history of music's path to cultural primacy, full of entertaining anecdotes and trivia from the worlds of classical, jazz and pop.




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