Book World: ‘The Great Night’ by Chris Adrian
(Keith Donohue)
In his new novel, “The Great Night,” Chris Adrian writes a kind of dark sequel to Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
A matter of ‘Faith’
A sister reviews the family history behind the accusation that her priest brother is a child molester in Jennifer Haigh’s smart, suspenseful novel.
Book Review: ‘Potsdam Station’
(Maureen Corrigan)
The fourth novel in David Downing’s fine, train-station-titled series features a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek in 1945 Berlin.
‘Daniel Stein, Interpreter’: Lost in translation
(Melvin Jules Bukiet)
Ludmila Ulitskayas’s novel based on Oswald Rufeisen, a Holocaust survivor turned Carmelite monk, strains belief with its misplaced sympathies.
Of love and bitter loss
(Carolyn See)
BOOK WORLD | In “Once Upon a Time, There Was You,” a mother’s love is tested by daughter’s crisis.
Donald Trump’s life as a comic book tale
Rush Limbaugh, Richard Nixon and Barack Obama have all had their life turned into a comic book. Now it’s The Donald’s turn.
More than the sum of his stunts
Evel Knievel biography gets to the heart of a hard-charging daredevil.
A biography of Obama’s mother
Janny Scott separates the myth of the president’s mother from the facts in “A Singular Woman.”
“In the Basement of the Ivory Tower” gets a failing grade
Professor X’s indictment of higher ed suffers from too much self-indulgence.
The name’s Child, Julia Child
Jennet Conant depicts the life of Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS in “A Covert Affair”
The Inside story on nuclear diplomacy
Mohamed ElBaradei surveys the efforts to contain the nuclear ambitions of Iraq, North Korea, Iran and Libya.
Review: Carol Ross Joynt’s ‘Innocent Spouse’
Carol Ross Joynt chronciles her travails after her husband suddenly died and left her with a surprising $3 million IRS debt.
Review: “My Friend the Mercenary”
James Brabazon recounts his escapades as a journalist and documentary filmmaker on the make in African hot spots.
Review: ‘One Hundred Names for Love’
Diane Ackerman’s memoir tells of the stroke suffered by her husband, writer Paul West, and the couple’s way of coping.
‘A serious discussion of Trash’
Bill James takes us on a tour of sensational murder stories in “Popular Crime,” arguing that they reflect and reshape our culture.
Review: ‘No Biking in the House Without a Helmet’
Melissa Fay Greene’s memoir reveals the ups and downs of her very large family.
Review of ‘A Sea in Flames’
Carl Safina looks at the causes and consequences of the April 2010 BP oil spill.
Review: “The Perfect Nazi”
British editor and writer Martin Davidson details the truth about his late German grandfather.
Review: ‘The Hollywood Sign’
Leo Braudy tells the history of the hillside sign that came to symbolize the movie capital.
Ron Charles
A matter of ‘Faith’
A sister reviews the family history behind the accusation that her priest brother is a child molester in Jennifer Haigh’s smart, suspenseful novel.
Ron Charles
‘Doc’ remakes Western legends
Mary Doria Russell’s novel dusts the bull off the story of Doc Holliday and his friend Wyatt Earp.
Ron Charles
Lush feat of historical speculation
“The Watery Part of the World” is an emotionally acute tale of a privileged woman abandoned on an island of runaways.
Michael Dirda
The art of rhetoric
Ward Farnsworth, a professor of law at Boston University, demonstrates in his witty handbook that rhetorical techniques are the organizing principles behind vivid writing and speech.
Michael Dirda
‘The Emperor’s Body’: Love triangle amid a macabre mission
Peter Brooks’s new book is a highly Stendhalian affair, with the great French writer himself being one of three major characters.
Michael Dirda
Thursday: A literary treasure unearthed
What is “The Tragedy of Arthur”? Bard-written or not, it shows Arthur Phillips at the top of his game.
Jonathan Yardley
“In the Basement of the Ivory Tower” gets a failing grade
Professor X’s indictment of higher ed suffers from too much self-indulgence.
Jonathan Yardley
Review: “The Perfect Nazi”
British editor and writer Martin Davidson details the truth about his late German grandfather.
Jonathan Yardley
Another look at ‘Little House’
Wendy McClure explores the world of Laura Ingalls Wilder in “The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of ‘Little House on the Prairie’”
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