Sunday Books: coverage for January 16, 2010
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Ronald Reagan’s younger son takes a heartfelt look at his father.
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The author advocates self-control but doesn’t seem to have control of his argument.
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The biography skillfully charts the legendary folklorist who first taped Muddy Waters, Woody Guthrie and more.
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The exquisitely arranged stories in Edith Pearlman’s ‘Binocular Vision’ showcase a keen observer of the human condition with an unerring command of language.
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Late for Tea at the Deer Palace The Lost Dreams of My Iraqi Family Tamara Chalabi Harper: 414 pp., $27.99 Tamara Chalabi is the daughter of the controversial Iraqi politician and opposition leader, Ahmad Chalabi, one of the leaders of the Iraqi National Congress who served as deputy prime minister in 2005-2006 and who many believe was a source for misinformation about Saddam Hussein’s purported weapons of mass destruction.
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The Norton Simon Museum’s senior curator Sara Campbell has written a much-needed and authoritative history of the art collection that the tough-dealing Simon amassed later in life.
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This is the first novel in a trilogy about a teenage girl who falls for a tiger that is really a man. The tale is engaging but somewhat wordy.
