Fiction Review: ‘Beneath the Lion’s Gaze,’ by Maaza Mengiste
Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie’s regime was toppled by a brutal coup in the wake of a famine in the… Read more »
Reviews
Review of Summertime, by J. M. Coetzee
The narrator of J.M. Coetzee’s new novel, “Summertime,” identified only as a “Mr Vincent,” is an English academic gathering… Read more »
‘A Fiery Peace in a Cold War’–Review
Patriotism helped drive them, but it was mixture of chicanery, jealousy and suspicion—laced with heavy doses of manipulation, dissimulation and… Read more »
Nonfiction review: ‘Where Men Win Glory’
Jon Krakauer in 2006 with Commander Ghulam Khalil of the Afghan Special Forces. “Where Men Win Glory,” Jon Krakauer’s… Read more »
Review of Robert Wright’s “The Evolution of God”
Robert Wright’s new book, “The Evolution of God,” is ambitious and erudite. He’s read an enormous amount of biblical and… Read more »
A Review of “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell
Success, Malcolm Gladwell says in “Outliers,” is a gift. Talent and hard work are essential, of course, but without a… Read more »
A Review of “Animal Investigators”
The world’s only facility dedicated to investigating crimes against animals — officially it’s the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Forensics… Read more »
A Review of “My Father’s Tears,” John Updike’s Last Book
John Updike published the first of his celebrated short stories in The New Yorker in 1955. When he died earlier… Read more »
