Books coverage for October 5, 2008

Howard Waldrop’s fictions are dense with references to world literature -- but is it necessary to know them all to enjoy his stories?

Oct. 5, 2008

A long look back, in nine essays, at moments in the writer’s life

Oct. 5, 2008

Fiction Weeks on list1.The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski (Ecco: $25.95) A mute dog breeder is banished by his uncle à la “Hamlet.” 11 2.The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone: $25.95) A historical tale of the years in captivity of Mary, Queen of Scots.1 3.Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella must choose between her lover and a friend, life and death. 11 4.Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $22.99) The final book in the Twilight saga finds Bella choosing immortality.85.Anathem by Neal Stephenson (William Morrow: $29.95) A world in crisis brings together a scholarly community with a corrupted “saecular” society.26.Brisingr by Christopher Paolini (Knopf : $27.50) Eragon, along with his dragon Saphira, must unite the rebel forces to defeat King Galbatorix.17.Indignation by Philip Roth (Houghton Mifflin: $26) The son of a kosher butcher from New Jersey experiences college life in the early 1950s.18.American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld (Random House: $26) A fictional portrait of an American first lady loosely based on Laura Bush.39.The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Knopf : $24.95) A journalist explores the cold-case disappearance of a Swedish teen heiress.1 10.The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Dial Press: $22) A writer corresponds with islanders after German occupation. 8 11.Home by Marilynne Robinson (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $25) A brother and sister return home and attempt to bond while taking care of their sick father. 3 12.The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer (Grand Central: $25.99) The connection between the creation of Superman and the biblical story of Cain and Abel. 3 13.City of Thieves by David Benioff (Viking: $24.95) Two youths in Leningrad will be spared death if they can find a dozen eggs for a German officer. 4 14.The Little Book by Selden Edwards (Dutton: $25.95) An exiled banking heir time travels from 1980s San Francisco to late 18th century Vienna. 4 15.The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff (Random House: $26) Two narratives intertwine in this story of polygamy, past and present. 6Nonfiction 1.Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L.

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Book and author events in your neighborhood for the week of Oct. 5

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