THE GHOST
By Robert Harris
Simon & Schuster, 335 pages, $26
“This is a work of fiction,” says the bold type on the copyright page of Robert Harris’ The Ghost. “Names, characters, places and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living Read More
ON ROYALTY: A VERY POLITE INQUIRY INTO SOME STRANGELY RELATED FAMILIES
By Jeremy Paxman
PublicAffairs, 370 pages, $26.95
There are many reasons to be ashamed of being an Englishman, but the main one is the continued existence of our constitutional monarchy: Britain is one of the most secular countries in the modern world, yet Read More
I was in Sacramento, looking at microfilm. Since Thucydides, most of the great war stories have started with these very words.
It was early May 2005. The stuff on the microfilm was really good, and I was running behind for the dinner I had planned with my parents, a quick stop in the Bay Area Read More
I was in Sacramento, looking at microfilm. Since Thucydides, most of the great war stories have started with these very words.
It was early May 2005. The stuff on the microfilm was really good, and I was running behind for the dinner I had planned with my parents, a quick stop in the Bay Read More
“I’m a giraffe,” Sophia Loren once said. “I even walk like a giraffe—with a long neck and legs. It’s a pretty dumb animal, mind you.” Dumb but dignified, J. M. Ledgard would doubtless respond. If his first novel doesn’t quite put the world’s tallest mammals on a pedestal, it still leaves you thinking rather more Read More
“I’m a giraffe,” Sophia Loren once said. “I even walk like a giraffe—with a long neck and legs. It’s a pretty dumb animal, mind you.” Dumb but dignified, J. M. Ledgard would doubtless respond. If his first novel doesn’t quite put the world’s tallest mammals on a pedestal, it still leaves you thinking rather Read More
The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia, by Michael Gray. Continuum, 736 pages, $40.
Bob Dylan is a senior citizen. That’s right: The voice of a generation, the voice that implored millions to “stay forever young,” hit 65 last month. Robert Zimmerman with the Zimmer Frame blues? Not quite. As anyone who’s caught a recent Dylan gig Read More
The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia, by Michael Gray. Continuum, 736 pages, $40.
Bob Dylan is a senior citizen. That’s right: The voice of a generation, the voice that implored millions to “stay forever young,” hit 65 last month. Robert Zimmerman with the Zimmer Frame blues? Not quite. As anyone who’s caught a recent Dylan gig Read More
The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy , by William Greider. Simon and Schuster, 366 pages, $28.
Not long into the last century, Cicero McClure, a farmer in Western Pennsylvania, started a second job as a night watchman. After a hard day of plowing and tilling the fields, he would take himself Read More
