For more reviews, read Sunday Book Review:
* This Sunday: Renata Adler on “Monica’s Story” by Andrew Morton. Plus Carlos Fuentes on two Spanish-language novels, Neil Baldwin on the life of Diego Rivera and Hector Tobar on the Mayas.
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