Complete book coverage for Nov. 8, 2009
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Give the sleuth a vacation, kill someone close to them or, in Marcia Muller’s case, try something even more drastic.
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‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ and the like are literary concoctions that have momentary entertainment value, but the masterpieces that spawned them will live on.
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Four new books take different approaches in sizing up the events in Eastern Europe before, during and beyond 1989.
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The poet’s memoir of her alcoholic days, doomed marriage and eventual redemption is light on the misbehavior compared with others in the genre.
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Granta editor John Freeman argues for slower, more thoughtful correspondence between people in the book ‘The Tyranny of E-mail.’
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A plea against cruelty to animals draws on the author’s family history and personal circumstances as a young father.
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Munro’s short stories tackle the strokes of fate that so often determine the shape of a life.
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The history found of a people found in a sandwich.
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A look back on the messy, hopeful chaos of the ‘60s by one who was there.
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In the town of Switchblade, a girl named Belle is attracted to a pale, reclusive boy who may be a vampire - or something else very unromantic.
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Plus: ‘Why Architecture Matters,’ by Paul Goldberger; ‘Why School?’ by Mike Rose
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Fiction Weeks on list1.Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown : $27.99) An LAPD detective travels to Hong Kong to solve the murder of a Chinese immigrant.3 2.The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam: $24.95) The lives of a maid, a cook and a college graduate become intertwined while changing a Mississippi town. 22 3.The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown (Doubleday: $25.99) Harvard professor Robert Langdon uses his symbology skills to find a missing Freemason in Washington, D.C.7 4.Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney (Amulet: $13.95) Greg desires to spend summer vacation indoors despite his mother’s wishes for outdoor family fun. 35.The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R.
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Fiction 1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson ($14.95) 2.
