Complete book coverage for April 18, 2010
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Laura Kasischke’s ‘In a Perfect World’ presents an end-of-the-world scenario that is apocalyptic in every way -- and also full of surprises.
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The late author’s epic of a desert planet anticipates contemporary issues and poses a lasting challenge to filmmakers.
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A blocked writer finds inspiration in the unlikely figure of a taxidermist.
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A saxophone player beaten down by life takes up a misguided cause.
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A man of international roots travels the world trying to find himself despite the flip-flops of fate.
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Fact and fiction are blurred in eight lightly told stories.
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Plus: ‘In the Shadow of the Cypress: A Novel,’ ‘The Hand That First Held Mine: A Novel’
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Fiction Weeks on list1.The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam: $24.95) The lives of a maid, a cook and a college graduate become intertwined in a Mississippi town.45 2.Solar by Ian McEwan (Nan A.
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Fiction 1. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson ($15.95) 2.
