On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review
By WILLIAM KENNEDY
Reviewed by JOHN SAYLES
William Kennedy's new novel is a musical contemplation of time and its effects on passion set in three different eras.
Also in the Book Review
By MICHAEL LINDSAY-HOGG
Reviewed by ALEX WITCHEL
Michael Lindsay-Hogg's memoir explores the vexed question of his paternity.
By JIM HARRISON
Reviewed by PETE DEXTER
Jim Harrison's rugged hero is on the trail of an elusive cult leader.
By JENS MALTE FISCHER
Reviewed by JOHN ADAMS
This portrait of Mahler is set against the backdrop of early-20th-century America and Europe.
Reviewed by LIESL SCHILLINGER
Irène Némirovsky's daughter wrestles with her mother's choices .
By CANDICE MILLARD
Reviewed by KEVIN BAKER
A deranged man shot James A. Garfield, but it was his doctors who killed him.
Reviewed by WILLIAM LOGAN
T. S. Eliot's letters describe his life in literary London and his unfortunate marriage.
By STEPHEN GREENBLATT
Reviewed by SARAH BAKEWELL
How a Renaissance book dealer kept a classic from disappearing.
By ANDREW GRAHAM-DIXON
Reviewed by HILARY SPURLING
Caravaggio's disturbing art was a reflection of his life.
By RON SUSKIND
Reviewed by JOE NOCERA
Barack Obama's response to the economic crisis was hampered by a White House in turmoil, Ron Suskind writes.
By JOE MCGINNISS
Reviewed by JACK SHAFER
Asking "How did she happen?" Joe McGinniss delves into the cultural phenomenon of Sarah Palin.
By PAUL R. PILLAR
Reviewed by THOMAS POWERS
The intelligence breakdown that led to the Iraq war was caused by political pressures on the C.I.A, an analyst says.
By ROBERT N. BELLAH
Reviewed by ALAN WOLFE
Robert N. Bellah explores the emergence of religion in antiquity.
By SEBASTIAN BARRY
Reviewed by RACHEL NOLAN
Sebastian Barry's 89-year-old heroine revisits her past.
By ADA CALHOUN
John Lithgow and Hal Holbrook look back on their lives and careers.
By ANNE ENRIGHT
Reviewed by FRANCINE PROSE
In a snowy suburb of Dublin, Anne Enright's narrator recalls an adulterous affair during Ireland's financial boom.
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ESSAY
By RACHEL DONADIO
The novelist Alberto Moravia, a 20th-century giant whose work is generally overlooked today, offers one key to unlocking the mystery of an Italy living under the shadow of Silvio Berlusconi.
CRIME
By MARILYN STASIO
Mystery novels by Leonard Rosen, Gianrico Carofiglio, Amanda Kyle Williams, Jason Webster and D. E. Johnson.
READING LIFE
By GEOFF DYER
A guide to the satisfactions, quandaries and anxieties involved in seeking an author's autograph.
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