Complete book coverage for April 4, 2010.
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New books consider our unending quest to slow down daily life. Plus: Timothy Leary and Huston Smith hold an unexpected dialogue.
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In new mysteries by Jesse Kellerman and Angela S. Choi, the most unreliable part of the story isn’t the situation -- it’s the narrator.
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Weintraub worked with Elvis and Sinatra. He headed a studio. And now he’s written a memoir that’s also how-to guide.
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Also: ‘Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert,’ ‘High Heat’ and The Empire Strikes Out’
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As the Ferguson parents struggle with various -iholisms of their own -- alcohol, work, career -- they must suddenly cope with those of their high school senior daughter.
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Tales by Raymond Chandler, Leigh Brackett, Chester Himes and others are resurrected in ‘Los Angeles Noir 2.’ ‘Orange County Noir’ explores lost dreams and shattered lives.
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The Line A Novel Olga Grushin A Marian Wood Book/Putnam: 324 pp., $25.95 Queues were a conspicuous feature of the old Soviet economy and its distributive malfunctions.
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Frances Mayes’ ‘Every Day in Tuscany,’ Justine van der Leun’s ‘Marcus of Umbria: What an Italian Dog Taught an American Girl About Love’ and Paula Butturini’s ‘Keeping the Feast: One Couple’s Story of Love, Food and Healing in Italy’ Plus: A.L. Kennedy’s ‘What Becomes’ and ‘One More Story’ by Ingo Schulze.
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Fiction Weeks on list1.The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam: $24.95) The lives of a maid, a cook and a college graduate become intertwined as they change a Mississippi town.43 2.
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Fiction 1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson ($14.95) 2.
