A teenage boy snoops in his mom's adulterous e-mail in the latest novel from the author of "A Map of the World."

"Metallica did the ultimate in uncool acts." Plus: Do Buchanan petitioners' ends justify their means? And: Life after an ileostomy.

Israeli hawks say that Jerusalem is theirs because of a long, romantic national history there. Too bad it's made up

As the world focuses on the Balkans, the return of Germany and Japan to military action barely made news.

In memoriam

A slim, invigorating new book offers fresh ways to look at the most famous work in Western literature

The novelist and screenwriter on "Winter in the Blood" and being used as a "passport" in the Native American world

The author of "Wonders of the Invisible World" picks five great literary walk-ons.

His new musical version of "Love's Labour's Lost" is flawed, but Kenneth Branagh remains our greatest living interpreter of Shakespeare.

A legal scholar says that "eye for an eye" justice is a lot more humane than you think.

Truth merges with fiction in a new roman

In Errol Morris' "Tabloid," the story of a former Miss Wyoming and her Mormon lover becomes a delirious enigma

On February 14, sweethearts will exchange cards, flowers, candy and lavish gifts in the name of St. Valentine

The pick of recent fiction, from the critics and editors of Salon Books.