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Books Update The New York Times Friday, February 8, 2008 ---------------------------------------- To view this email with images, go to: http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2008/02/08/books/booksupdate/index.html?8bu&emc=bu ---------------------------------------- - Radical '60s Fiction - ---------------------------------------- 'My Revolutions' By HARI KUNZRU Reviewed by WILL BLYTHE Hari Kunzru's protagonist is a former '60s radical who has hidden his past. Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/books/review/Blythe-t.html?8bu&emc=bu ------------ ADVERTISEMENT ------------- The New York Times Play E-MailA weekly e-mail newsletter that celebrates the world of sports with expert opinions from Play's writers, editors and columnists, and highlights from the latest and best multimedia from The Times.Sign up for the weekly Play e-mail today. http://ads.nyt.com/th.ad/nl-2007housedefault_text/play.txt/?_RM_REDIR_=http://www.nytimes.com/marketing/playemail/index.html ---------------------------------------- .................. 'His Illegal Self' By PETER CAREY Reviewed by LIESL SCHILLINGER In Peter Carey's new novel, a boy goes underground with a rebel indulging her maternal urge. Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/books/review/Schillinger-t.html?8bu&emc=bu Times Topics: Peter Carey http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/peter_carey/index.html ..................Book News & More Reviewshttp://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/index.html?8bu&emc=bu .................. - Also in This Week's Book Review - ---------------------------------------- 'Thirty Ways of Looking at Hillary' Edited by SUSAN MORRISON Reviewed by ALEXANDRA JACOBS In these essays, women respond to the phenomenon of Hillary Clinton. Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/books/review/Jacobs-t.html?8bu&emc=bu First Chapter http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/books/chapters/1st-chapter-30-ways-of-looking-at-hillary.html Times Topics: Hillary Clinton http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/hillary_rodham_clinton/index.html .................. Books From Republican Party Insiders Reviews by MICHAEL LIND Michael Gerson and John Bolton's new books offer very different views of -- and prescriptions for -- the Republican Party. Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/books/review/Lind-t.html?8bu&emc=bu .................. 'Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again' By DAVID FRUM Reviewed by ALAN EHRENHALT To regain popular support, David Frum says, Republicans must rethink some positions. Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/books/review/Ehrenhalt-t.html?8bu&emc=bu .................. Books About African-American Identity Reviewed by JILL NELSON Randall Kennedy explores the notion of the race traitor; Shelby Steele uses Barack Obama's candidacy as a window on contemporary black identity and progress. Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/books/review/Nelson-t.html?8bu&emc=bu .................. 'The Race Card' By RICHARD THOMPSON FORD Reviewed by ORLANDO PATTERSON A Stanford professor argues that too often, false charges of bias have clouded legitimate discussions about race. Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/books/review/Patterson-t.html?8bu&emc=bu First Chapter http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/books/chapters/1st-chapter-race-card.html .................. 'Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?' By JAMES J. SHEEHAN Reviewed by GEOFFREY WHEATCROFT This scintillating tour d'horizon -- and de force -- explains how the Continent has achieved six decades of peace. Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/books/review/Wheatcroft-t.html?8bu&emc=bu .................. Books About the Democratic Party and Religion Reviewed by R. SCOTT APPLEBY Can Democrats woo back the faithful? Amy Sullivan and E. J. Dionne Jr. think they've already started. Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/books/review/Appleby-t.html?8bu&emc=bu .................. Memoirs of the 1960s Reviewed by ELSA DIXLER Carl Oglesby remembers his tenure as S.D.S. president; Susan Sherman -- a poet, playwright and co-founder of Ikon magazine -- tells a more personal story. Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/books/review/Dixler-t.html?8bu&emc=bu .................. 'Sizwe's Test' By JONNY STEINBERG Reviewed by ADAM HOCHSCHILD A journalist follows one high-risk South African as a way to understand why AIDS continues to spread despite available treatment. Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/books/review/Hochschild-t.html?8bu&emc=bu .................. 'Defying Dixie' By GLENDA GILMORE Reviewed by MAURICE ISSERMAN A history of the activists who prepared the ground for the civil rights leaders of the 1950s and '60s. Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/books/review/Isserman-t.html?8bu&emc=bu .................. 'Righteous Warrior' By WILLIAM A. LINK Reviewed by DAVID GREENBERG A hefty biography of Senator Jesse Helms, the hard-right leader who embodied conservatism in the 1980s and beyond. Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/books/review/Greenberg-t.html?8bu&emc=bu .................. 'Embryo: A Defense of Human Life' By ROBERT P. GEORGE and CHRISTOPH TOLLEFSEN Reviewed by WILLIAM SALETAN A philosopher and a bioethicist make the case that embryos are entitled to rights. Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/books/review/Saletan-t.html?8bu&emc=bu .................. 'Homo Politicus' By DANA MILBANK Reviewed by TARA MCKELVEY The columnist Dana Milbank is an anthropologist of 'Potomac Land.' Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/books/review/McKelvey-t.html?8bu&emc=bu .................. 'Basic Brown' By WILLIE BROWN Reviewed by MATT BAI Political wisdom from Willie Brown. Step 1: Wear a sharp suit. Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/books/review/Bai-t.html?8bu&emc=bu - Books Features - ---------------------------------------- Essay Fitzgerald vs. Hollywood By PAUL GREENBERG What can Pat Hobby, Fitzgerald's fictional hack of a screenwriter, tell us about the current strike? http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/books/review/Greenberg2-t.html?8bu&emc=bu Times Topics: F. Scott Fitzgerald http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/f/f_scott_fitzgerald/index.html .................. Crime Who Killed the Courtesan? Reviews by MARILYN STASIO In Ariana Franklin's mystery, the queen is suspected of murdering Henry II's mistress. Also reviewed: novels by Jim Kelly, Leighton Gage and Adrian Hyland. Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/books/review/Crime-t.html?8bu&emc=bu More Crime Columns http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?ppds=bylL&v1=MARILYN%20STASIO&fdq=19960101&td=sysdate&sort=newest&ac=MARILYN%20STASIO - In the News - ---------------------------------------- One Writer's Brooklyn: Chronicles of Crime, Boombox Abuse and Divorce By MICHAEL WILSON After a six-year dry spell, the Brooklyn author Gabriel Cohen has hit on a writer's hat trick: three books in three genres from three publishers, all reaching the shelves within a year. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/books/06cohen.html?8bu&emc=bu - New in Stores - ---------------------------------------- Books of The Times 'The Commission' By PHILIP SHENON Reviewed by EVAN THOMAS Philip Shenon's book chronicles the human frailty and folly that went into "The 9/11 Commission Report." Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/books/04thom.html?8bu&emc=bu First Chapter http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/books/chapters/1st-chapter-commission.html - Best Sellers - ---------------------------------------- Hardcover Fiction http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/books/bestseller/0217besthardfiction.html?8bu&emc=bu Hardcover Nonfiction http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/books/bestseller/0217besthardnonfiction.html?8bu&emc=bu Hardcover Advice http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/books/bestseller/0217besthardadvice.html?8bu&emc=bu Children's Books http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/books/bestseller/0217bestchildren.html?8bu&emc=buPaperback Trade Fiction http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/books/bestseller/0217bestpapertradefiction.html?8bu&emc=buPaperback Mass-Market Fiction http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/books/bestseller/0217bestpapermassfiction.html?8bu&emc=buPaperback Nonfiction http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/books/bestseller/0217bestpapernonfiction.html?8bu&emc=bu Paperback Advice http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/books/bestseller/0217bestpaperadvice.html?8bu&emc=bu Inside the List http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/books/review/10tbr.html?8bu&emc=bu All the Lists http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2008/02/09/books/bestseller/index.html - Editor's Note - ---------------------------------------- Thanks for taking the time to read this e-mail. 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