This Week in Calendar

Karrie Higgins reviews “Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and the Erosion of Integrity” by Anne Elizabeth Moore and “The Freedom Manifesto: How to Free Yourself From Anxiety, Fear, Mortgages, Money, Guilt, Debt, Government, Boredom, Supermarkets, Bills, Melancholy, Pain, Depression, Work, and Waste” by Tom Hodgkinson.

Carmela Ciuraru reviews “Augie’s Quest: One Man’s Journey From Success to Significance” by Augie Nieto and T.R. Pearson.

Tim Rutten reviews “Beaufort,” a novel by Ron Leshem.

The following reviews are scheduled:

Paula L. Woods reviews “Hollywood and Crime: Original Crime Stories Set During the History of Hollywood,” edited by Robert J. Randisi.

Sara Lippincott reviews “The Living Cosmos: Our Search for Life in the Universe” by Chris Impey.

Robert Lloyd reviews “The Early Years: The Lyrics of Tom Waits 1971-1983.”

On the Web

This week at latimes.com/books:

In Dark Passages, Sarah Weinman looks at the early novels of John Bingham, a former British intelligence agent and one of the models for John Le Carre’s fictional spymaster George Smiley. Bingham and Le Carre were friends at one point, but the relationship soured after the latter’s writing career took off. And yet, Weinman suggests, perhaps there’s something more at work here, since Bingham’s own books routinely deal with issues of personal betrayal and petty jealousy.

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