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The New York Times Books Update: Bride of Hades

The New York Times

March 15, 2013

Books Update

On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

'The Accursed'

By JOYCE CAROL OATES
Reviewed by STEPHEN KING
In Joyce Carol Oates's new novel, a curse infects Princeton, N. J., beginning in 1905 when a new bride is abducted by a demon in front of a church congregation.

Back Page

True Lies

By BEN GREENMAN
Forget fictionalized memoirs. More troubling are the countless novels tainted by elements of truth.
Pat Summitt

Inside the List

By GREGORY COWLES
Pat Summitt, the renowned women's basketball coach who won eight national championships at the University of Tennessee, is now a No. 1 best-selling author, with the memoir "Sum It Up."

Editors' Choice

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.

Paperback Row

By IHSAN TAYLOR
Paperback books of particular interest.

Book Review Podcast

This week, Michael Moss talks about "Salt Sugar Fat"; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Jennifer Szalai discusses the fiction of Renata Adler; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
ArtsBeat

Editor's Note

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Books Producer
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Also in the Book Review

Sheryl Sandberg

Sheryl Sandberg: By the Book

The chief operating officer of Facebook and author of "Lean In" doesn't like to use the iPad Kindle app on the elliptical. "When you get sweaty, you can't turn the pages."

'This Magnificent Desolation'

By THOMAS O’MALLEY
Reviewed by STEPHEN HARRIGAN
A 10-year-old with a hallucinatory consciousness is reclaimed from a monastery by his mother.

'Salt Sugar Fat'

By MICHAEL MOSS
Reviewed by DAVID KAMP
Michael Moss reveals how food companies use science to maximize our cravings for their products.

'The Still Point of the Turning World'

By EMILY RAPP
Reviewed by SARAH MANGUSO
In this memoir, Emily Rapp describes the months after learning of her young son's fatal genetic disorder.
Elizabeth Graver

'The End of the Point'

By ELIZABETH GRAVER
Reviewed by ALIDA BECKER
A summer home both shelters and isolates the family in Elizabeth Graver's multigenerational novel.
Renata Adler, in 1983.

Jump-Cuts

By JENNIFER SZALAI
In Renata Adler's reissued novels, vignette follows vignette.

'The Night Ranger'

By ALEX BERENSON
Reviewed by ADAM LeBOR
Alex Berenson's superspy tries to rescue four relief workers kidnapped by a Somali warlord.
Paul Auster, left, and J. M. Coetzee.

'Here and Now'

By PAUL AUSTER and J. M. COETZEE
Reviewed by MARTIN RIKER
A collection of letters between Paul Auster and J. M. Coetzee, in which the writers attempt to "strike sparks off each other."
Whitney Houston and Clive Davis.

'The Soundtrack of My Life'

By CLIVE DAVIS with ANTHONY DeCURTIS
Reviewed by TOM CARSON
Clive Davis reviews his career as a hit-maker.
Sebastian Faulks

'A Possible Life'

By SEBASTIAN FAULKS
Reviewed by NANCY KLINE
Two novellas, three stories, shared memories.

'Mimi'

By LUCY ELLMANN
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY
Lucy Ellmann's novel follows the romantic escapades of a New York plastic surgeon who discovers his inner feminist.
Constance Wilde, before her marriage.

'Constance: The Tragic and Scandalous Life of Mrs. Oscar Wilde'

By FRANNY MOYLE
Reviewed by CARYN JAMES
Constance Wilde was more than just a long-suffering wife.
A Spencerian handwriting chart.

'The Missing Ink'

By PHILIP HENSHER
Reviewed by ABIGAIL MEISEL
Philip Hensher on the fading art of writing longhand.



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