الجمعة، 2 مارس 2012

Books Update: 'The Starboard Sea'

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On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

'The Starboard Sea'

By AMBER DERMONT
Reviewed by ELEANOR HENDERSON

In Amber Dermont's debut novel, a talented young sailor at a New England boarding school tries to cope with the death of a friend.

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'The Fear Index'

By ROBERT HARRIS
Reviewed by JOHN SCHWARTZ

A computer program that tracks human emotions proves less than stable in Robert Harris's thriller.

'Watergate'

By THOMAS MALLON
Reviewed by CURTIS SITTENFELD

Thomas Mallon's novel reimagines the decline of the Nixon administration.

From left: Anatoli Solonitsyn (Writer) and Aleksandr Kaidanovsky (Stalker), in

'Zona'

By GEOFF DYER
Reviewed by J. HOBERMAN

Geoff Dyer examines "Stalker," Andrei Tarkovsky's Soviet-era cinematic masterpiece.

'Red Plenty'

By FRANCIS SPUFFORD
Reviewed by ANDREW MEIER

Francis Spufford's genre-bending look at Soviet Russia's planned economy is part old-style Russian fairy tale and part deeply researched history.

'Londoners'

By CRAIG TAYLOR
Reviewed by SARAH LYALL

Craig Taylor embarked on a five-year mission to define London through the voices of its residents.

Roger Ailes, the chairman of Fox News, 2006.

'The Fox Effect'

By DAVID BROCK, ARI RABIN-HAVT and THE STAFF OF MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA
Reviewed by JACOB HEILBRUNN

David Brock and his associates take on Fox News.

The Household, Reconfigured

Reviewed by GARRET KEIZER

Two books explore how multigenerational and one-person households are on the rise.

Gregor von Rezzori

'An Ermine in Czernopol'

By GREGOR VON REZZORI
Reviewed by JOHN WRAY

Gregor von Rezzori's hero clings to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Eliza Factor

'The Mercury Fountain'

By ELIZA FACTOR
Reviewed by FLOYD SKLOOT

Eliza Factor's novel concerns a flawed utopian community dependent on a ferociously toxic substance.

A map of the world showing, in red, the extent of the British Empire in 1901.

'Ghosts of Empire: Britain's Legacies in the Modern World'

By KWASI KWARTENG
Reviewed by ISAAC CHOTINER

An M.P. argues that British colonialists made poor choices that continue to reverberate.

Clover Adams

'Clover Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life'

By NATALIE DYKSTRA
Reviewed by BRENDA WINEAPPLE

Henry Adams's autobiography did not mention his wife, Clover; here she takes center stage.

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Back Page

Parting Words

By ROBERT K. MASSIE

When the end comes, how does a biographer feel? Exhausted? Relieved? Euphoric? Or wistful, sad, bereaved?

Anne Rice
TBR

Inside the List

By GREGORY COWLES

After reinventing one pop-Gothic standby - the vampire - the novelist Anne Rice has moved on to the werewolf with "The Wolf Gift," which is No. 5 on the hardcover fiction list.

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Paperback Row

By IHSAN TAYLOR

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Book Review Podcast

This week, Amber Dermont discusses her debut novel, "The Starboard Sea"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Jennifer Schuessler on a dictionary of regional American English; J. Hoberman talks about Geoff Dyer's "Zona"; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

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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.

John Williams
Books Producer
The New York Times on the Web

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