Book Reviews
Mantel’s ’Wolf Hall,’ Cheever Biography Win Book Critics Award Three of the awards given by the
National Book Critics Circle last night went to British writers,
including Hilary Mantel, who was honored at the New York
ceremony with the fiction prize for “Wolf Hall.”
Goldman Bankers Ride Merry-Go-Round With West Pointers: Books The bankers of Goldman Sachs Group
Inc. may be in for a surprise: They have more in common with
West Point cadets than they know.
Blair Curses, Brown Rages in Damning Political Portrait: Books As a U.K. general election nears,
London newspapers are serving up juicy morsels from a scabrous
new book on politics. The extracts, from Andrew Rawnsley’s “The
End of the Party,” brim with men behaving badly behind the
walls of the prime minister’s residence at 10 Downing Street.
Top Five Nonfiction Books From Conover to Rove: the Muse List With so many books in the stores,
we’re often asked for recommendations. Here’s a list of recent
nonfiction titles:
Rove Throws Meat to Right-Wingers in Pugilistic Memoir: Review What to make of a memoir called
“Courage and Consequence”? That’s the title of Karl Rove’s new
volume, and the bookstore browser might easily conclude that the
courage and consequence Rove refers to are his own.
Amis Grapples With Topless Beauties, Sexual Revolution: Books The sexual revolution was far from
bloodless. So insists Martin Amis in “The Pregnant Widow,” a
comedy of bedroom manners as trenchant as it is bawdy.
Mithradates Poisoned Mom, Wed Sis, Blitzed Rome: Lewis Lapham A comet lit up the sky at the
conception of Mithradates in 135 B.C., heralding the birth of a
great savior-king. But when his mother, Queen Laodice, poisoned
his father so she could sit alone on the throne of Pontus, a
worried little Mithradates fled the capital with a small band of
teenage friends.
Blair’s Memoirs to Be Published in September, Random House Says Tony Blair’s memoirs will be
published in September, the head of Random House Group said
today.