Book Reviews

Kelly biography of a working life

Spoto writes of loyal friend, actor, mom, princess

"The Idea of my life as a fairy tale is itself a fairy tale." -- Grace Kelly, to biographer Donald Spoto. The Princess and the Pauper? Not at all. Read More

'Death' a snide attack

THE DEATH OF CONSERVATISM. By Sam Tanenhaus. Random House. 123 pages. $17. Read More

Essays paint picture of America

A NEW LITERARY HISTORY OF AMERICA. Edited by Greil Marcus and Werner Sollors. Harvard University Press. 1,095 pages. $49.95. Read More

Book goes on Hudson voyage

HALF MOON: Henry Hudson and the Voyage that Redrew the Map of the New World. By Douglas Hunter. Bloomsbury. 329 pages. $28. Some 195 years before Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began their momentous "Voyage of Discovery" across the unexplored American West, H... Read More

Well-done book on joys of 'Cooking for One'

THE PLEASURES OF COOKING FOR ONE. By Judith Jones. Knopf. 273 pages. $27.95. Read More

'Children's Book' creative, cautious

THE CHILDREN'S BOOK. By A.S. Byatt. Knopf. 678 pages. $26.95. Read More

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Gibson, Jackson offer great insights into game

SIXTY FEET, SIX INCHES. By Bob Gibson and Reggie Jackson, with Lonnie Wheeler. Doubleday. 273 pages. $26. Read More

Sojourn inspires prose

THE LION'S EYE: Seeing in the Wild. By Joanna Greenfield. Little, Brown. 312 pages. $23.99. Read More

Potential connects stories

NOCTURNES: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall. By Kazuo Ishiguro. Knopf. 221 pages. $25. Read More

Book neglects Lowcountry roots

JAZZ. By Gary Giddins and Scott DeVeaux. Norton. 720 pages. $39.95. Read More

An entertaining romp in 'Rough Country'

ROUGH COUNTRY. By John Sandford. Putnam. 388 pages. $26.95. Read More

Drabble brings subtle wit to memoir

THE PATTERN IN THE CARPET. By Margaret Drabble. Houghton Mifflin. 368 pages. $25. Read More

Oates explores fallout of tragedy

LITTLE BIRD OF HEAVEN. By Joyce Carol Oates. EccoHarper Collins. 442 pages. $26. Read More

Powell's book in the 'Mood' for questions

THE INTERROGATIVE MOOD: A Novel? By Padgett Powell. EccoHarperCollins. 164 pages. $22. Read More