By Leon Neyfakh 12/03/08 3:38pm

Massive Reorganization at Random House: Steve Rubin, Irwyn Applebaum Step Down; Doubleday and Bantam Divisions Dismantled

The time bomb that was Random House for the past five months has finally exploded, as new C.E.O. Markus Dohle deployed a jaw-dropping memo this morning detailing a reorganization of the adult trade program that will see Bantam publisher Irwyn Applebaum and Doubleday publisher Steve Rubin step down and their imprints spread around to the Read More

By Adam Begley 2/16/98 12:00am

Balloons, Stalkers and Love Under the Microscope

Enduring Love , by Ian McEwan. Doubleday-Nan A. Talese, 262 pages, $23.95.

Think of the skilled novelist’s mind as a high-speed elevator. Ground level is the physical environment, earthworms and paper clips and the shirts in Gatsby’s closet. The penthouse is the realm of the speculative, where thoughts range free and wide, where Melville Read More