الجمعة، 4 مايو 2012

Books Update: Seat of Power

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On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

'The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson'

By ROBERT A. CARO
Reviewed by BILL CLINTON

The fourth volume of Robert Caro's series on Lyndon Johnson starts shortly before the 1960 presidential election and ends a few months after John F. Kennedy's assassination.

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Also in the Book Review

'Derby Day'

By D. J. TAYLOR
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER BENFEY

Myriad hopes and schemes rest on the performance of a champion racehorse in D. J. Taylor's satire.

Anne Tyler

'The Beginner's Goodbye'

By ANNE TYLER
Reviewed by JULIA GLASS

For the middle-aged widower of Anne Tyler's latest novel, mourning is both a rite of passage and a process of discovery.

'Waiting for Sunrise'

By WILLIAM BOYD
Reviewed by LIESL SCHILLINGER

William Boyd's characters are entangled in personal and political issues.

'The Lifeboat'

By CHARLOTTE ROGAN
Reviewed by SARAH TOWERS

Charlotte Rogan's first novel centers on the survivors of a shipwreck.

Chinese fighters share a basket of rice, 1943.

'The Taste of War'

By LIZZIE COLLINGHAM
Reviewed by TIMOTHY SNYDER

How food contributed to World War II: its origins, its outcome and its aftermath.

Susan Gubar

'Memoir of a Debulked Woman: Enduring Ovarian Cancer'

By SUSAN GUBAR
Reviewed by ELSA DIXLER

A feminist scholar faces cancer straightforwardly.

The outer coffin of Tutankhamen.

'Tutankhamen: The Search for an Egyptian King'

By JOYCE TYLDESLEY
Reviewed by JOHN NOBLE WILFORD

An Egyptologist illuminates the life, reign and death of King Tut.

Tom Bissell

'Magic Hours'

By TOM BISSELL
Reviewed by GARTH RISK HALLBERG

In essays, Tom Bissell explores the artistic process.

Universal machine: John von Neumann and his high-speed computer, circa 1952.

'Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe'

By GEORGE DYSON
Reviewed by WILLIAM POUNDSTONE

A group portrait of the mathematicians and engineers who midwifed America's postwar technological order.

'The Unruly Passions of Eugénie R.'

By CAROLE DESANTI
Reviewed by NANCY KLINE

The heroine of Carole DeSanti's novel comes of age in 19th-century France.

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Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman: By the Book

The author of "Coraline," which celebrated its 10th anniversary last month, read C. S. Lewis as a child and thought, "When I am a writer, I shall do parenthetical asides."

Back Page

Barney Rosset in 2008.

Black Sheep

By MARY MORRIS

Getting to know the crusading publisher Barney Rosset, on his terms.

Anna Quindlen

Inside the List

By GREGORY COWLES

The former New York Times Op-Ed columnist Anna Quindlen, whose latest book enters the list at No. 2 this week, finds herself "less and less fearful of things" as she gets older.

Editors' Choice

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.

Paperback Row

By IHSAN TAYLOR

Paperback books of particular interest.

Book Review Podcast

This week, Robert Caro discusses the new volume in his series about Lyndon Johnson; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Charlotte Rogan talks about her debut novel, "The Lifeboat"; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

ArtsBeat

Book Review Podcast: L.B.J. in the White House

Translators Get a Slam of Their Own at PEN Festival

'Hunger Games' Sequel 'Catching Fire' Finds Its Director

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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