On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review  By HOWARD MARKEL
Reviewed by SHERWIN NULAND An absorbing account of how cocaine affected the careers of Sigmund Freud and the pathbreaking American surgeon William Halsted. Also in the Book Review  Reviewed by GARRY WILLS Two books examine the power that bountiful cash has bestowed on Scientology and the Roman Catholic Church.  Reading Life By GEOFF DYER Michael Fried's genius is to manage to tell you what he is not doing, what he has not done and what he is not going to do.  By DANIEL OROZCO
Reviewed by JOHN WILLIAMS A sense of workplace alienation permeates this first story collection, which explores the limits of social interaction.  By PATRICK DeWITT
Reviewed by JOHN VERNON The henchmen in this gold rush-era western are chasing a prospector.  By BONNIE JO CAMPBELL
Reviewed by JANE SMILEY Bonnie Jo Campbell's solitary, sharpshooting heroine fends for herself in rural Michigan.  By GORDON S. WOOD
Reviewed by DAVID HACKETT FISCHER Eleven essays encompass the entire career of the historian Gordon S. Wood, whose work re-envisioned the American Revolution and, unusually, has appealed to readers all across the political spectrum.  By BOBBIE ANN MASON
Reviewed by DANIEL SWIFT This novel's hero, a World War II crash survivor, sets out to find the people who risked their lives to help him.  By JOHN GIMLETTE
Reviewed by LIESL SCHILLINGER Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, a tangled green knot of jungle, rock and savannah, are vividly described in this travelogue.  By CAITLIN HORROCKS
Reviewed by ROBIN ROMM Caitlin Horrocks's sharp, rugged-hearted fictions share one consuming fixation: We live in a world studded with cruelty.  By ADAM ROSS
Reviewed by DEAN BAKOPOULOS For the characters in Adam Ross's clever story collection, good intentions often go awry. By ALISON McCULLOCH Novels by Louis B. Jones, A. G. Mojtabai, David Abbott, Ann Joslin Williams and Sheila Kohler.  Children's Books Reviewed by PAMELA PAUL "The Summer Visitors" and "The Next Door Bear" offer very different takes on the intersecting domestic lives of people and bears. | Back Page  Essay By TONY PERROTTET From a strictly literary point of view, prison was the best thing that ever happened to the Marquis de Sade. Other writers should be so lucky.  Crime By MARILYN STASIO Mystery novels by P. L. Gaus, Linda Castillo, Harry Dolan, Colin Cotterill and Lars Kepler.  Featuring the journalist Janet Reitman on her investigation "Inside Scientology"; and Adam Ross on his story collection, "Ladies and Gentlemen." 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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