This Week in Calendar

Jonathan Kirsch reviews “The Headmaster’s Dilemma,” a novel by Louis Auchincloss.

Bill Boyarsky reviews “Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches” by John W. Dean.

Tim Rutten reviews “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy” by John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt.

The following reviews are scheduled:

Patt Morrison reviews “If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer,” with commentary by the Goldman family.

Carmela Ciuraru reviews “Caspian Rain,” a novel by Gina B. Nahai.

On the Web

This week at latimes.com/books, Ed Park’s Astral Weeks looks at “Apollo’s Song,” a manga by Osamu Tezuka, and “To the Dark Star 1962-69” by science fiction master Robert Silverberg. Both books address our need for repetition and the way it informs our interactions, most fundamentally that of love.

Also on the Web, look for expanded bestsellers and literary event listings, as well as Jacket Copy, latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy, our books and publishing blog.