Three books about ‘Downton Abbey’
(St. Martin's Press)
Writers take you behind the scenes of the hit show, around the grounds of the real British estate and into the lives of domestic servants.
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Watergate, plumbed for wit
(Pantheon Books)
REVIEW | Thomas Mallon’s novel re-imagines Richard Nixon’s downfall as political farce.
Book World: ‘Available Dark’
(Minotaur Books)
The title of Elizabeth Hand’s second Cass Neary thriller plays on the photography term “available light,” but there’s little light — physically or metaphorically — in the six photos that set her plot in motion.
Anne Rice’s ‘The Wolf Gift’
(Matthias Scheer)
In “The Wolf Gift,” Anne Rice finally trades vampires and Jesus for werewolves.
‘The Confession’: There’s life in the old formula
(William Morrow)
“The Confession” is an ingenious new British mystery by the mother-and-son team known as Charles Todd.
Blog: Political Bookworm
Four perversities of the law
Far from clear-cut, our legal system is full of paradoxes that law professor Leo Katz helps explain.
Bristol Palin’s Craigslist plea for fans
Author of memoir “Not Afraid of Life” tries to entice readers to a book signing through Craigslist ad offering free copies.
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Ron Charles
Watergate, plumbed for wit
REVIEW | Thomas Mallon’s novel re-imagines Richard Nixon’s downfall as political farce.
Ron Charles
Jane Eyre’s ‘Flight,’ without her fire
Margot Livesey’s “The Flight of Gemma Hardy” takes “Jane Eyre” into the mid-20th century, but the passion is missing in this update.
Ron Charles
Eowyn Ivey’s ‘The Snow Child’
In this fantastical first novel, a little girl seems to be the answer to a couple’s prayers.
Michael Dirda
Finding a ‘second world’ in books
Michael Dirda reviews “As If: Modern Enchantment and the Literary Prehistory of Virtual Reality,” by Michael Saler.
Michael Dirda
Book review: ‘Tender Hour of Twilight’ by Richard Seaver
In his memoir, Richard Seaver, champion of young modernist writers, recalls free-spirited Paris, 1960s counterculture America and decrying censorship in the literary world.
Michael Dirda
Undercover with books
G. Thomas Tanselle provides insights into value and function of dust jackets.
Jonathan Yardley
A mystery in Thailand
“Vulture Peak” is the fifth installment of John Burdett’s Bangkok mysteries.
Jonathan Yardley
Two books on the rise and influence of the Tea Party
“Rule and Ruin” and “The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism” explore the rise and influence of the Tea Party movement.
Jonathan Yardley
“Justice and the Enemy: Nuremberg, 9/11, and the Trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed” by William Shawcross
In “Justice and the Enemy: Nuremberg, 9/11, and the Trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,” William Shawcross examines the difficulties of bringing terrorists to trial.
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