__________B__O__O__K__S "The Return of Little Big Man" by Thomas Berger, reviewed by Elizabeth Judd The novelist brings back one of his funniest creations, the con artist Jack Crabb, who at 112 is as ornery and as slippery as ever. (03/05/99) "Lord of the Barnyard: Killing the Fatted Calf and Arming the Aware in the Corn Belt" by Tristan Egolf, reviewed by Mark Luce A tornado of a first novel tells the brilliantly cracked tale of a hellion outcast who takes on his redneck hometown. (03/01/99) R__E__C__E__N__T__L__Y "Ezra and Dorothy Pound: Letters in Captivity, 1945-46" edited by Omar Pound and Robert Spoo, reviewed by Brian Blanchfield "Childhood"by Patrick Chamoiseau, reviewed by Anderson Tepper "Werewolves in Their Youth" by Michael Chabon, reviewed by Adam Goodheart - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Books - Music - Movies - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SALON | ARCHIVES | SEARCH | CONTACT US | SERVICES | EMPORIUM | TABLE TALK 21ST | BLUE GLOW | BOOKS | BRILLIANT CAREERS | COLUMNISTS | COMICS | ENTERTAINMENT | FEATURE | IVORY TOWER | MEDIA CIRCUS | MONEY | MOTHERS WHO THINK | NEWSREAL | URGE | WANDERLUST