On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review  By MICHAEL FRAYN
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY Forty years after his father's death, the British novelist and playwright Michael Frayn recalls the dignified restraint that embodied their complicated relationship. Also in the Book Review  By MARGAUX FRAGOSO
Reviewed by KATHRYN HARRISON In this memoir, Margaux Fragoso remembers her relationship with the man who molested her.  By DONOVAN HOHN
Reviewed by ELIZABETH ROYTE A journalist on an ocean quest for 28,800 rubber ducks lost at sea discovers where they came from, where they drifted, and why. By VICTORIA PATTERSON
Reviewed by KATE CHRISTENSEN A penetrating interpretation of Edith Wharton's "House of Mirth," set in Newport Beach, Calif., during the bullish 1990s.  By IMOGEN ROBERTSON
Reviewed by JASON GOODWIN A historical novel of murder, bedlam and an unlikely forensic duo, set in late-18th-century England. By MAT JOHNSON
Reviewed by ADAM MANSBACH In this relentlessly entertaining novel, a failed academic sails to Antarctica, seeking the mythical world of Edgar Allan Poe's "Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket."  By COLIN THUBRON
Reviewed by ALIDA BECKER Weighed down by grief, the author makes a pilgrimage to Mount Kailas, venerated by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and others.  By JACQUES D'AMBOISE
Reviewed by ALASTAIR MACAULAY Jacques d'Amboise recalls his decades with City Ballet - and Balanchine - as a tale of personal transformation.  By CAROL EDGARIAN
Reviewed by GABRIELLE ZEVIN Carol Edgarian's novel, set in high-tech California after the boom, explores the intricate economies of a modern American marriage.  By RON ROSENBAUM
Reviewed by RICHARD RHODES With the means of its own destruction - nuclear weapons - humanity has itself to fear, Ron Rosenbaum cautions.  By JOHN D. KASARDA and GREG LINDSAY
Reviewed by MICHAEL POWELL The gleam in a futurist's eye is a mega-airport in the center of every major city.  By JUDI DENCH
Reviewed by EMMA BROCKES Judi Dench looks back on more than half a century of acting.  By LIEL LEIBOVITZ and MATTHEW MILLER
Reviewed by DEBORAH FALLOWS In the 19th century, a handful of Chinese came to America to study.  By DAVID LIVINGSTONE SMITH
Reviewed by DAVID BERREBY A philosopher argues that dehumanization is necessary for genocide, slavery and slaughter to take hold. | Book Review Features  Essay By DAN KOIS What leads a writer to abandon a novel? Despair, frustration, ambition, inexperience and even success.  Children's Books Reviewed by PAMELA PAUL Shane W. Evans introduces young readers to the Underground Railroad; and Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee capture the accomplishments of a range of heroes and heroines.  Featuring the novelist and playwright Michael Frayn on his new memoir; and Donovan Hohn, the author of "Moby-Duck." Book News  By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD and JULIE BOSMAN As the big bookstores change course, publishers are pushing into new stores, like Michaels and Lowe's, hoping to catch shoppers' eyes. Reviews by The Times's Critics Editor's Note Thanks for taking the time to read this e-mail. Feel free to send feedback; I enjoy hearing your opinions and will do my best to respond. Blake Wilson
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