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Topic: Books (page 354)

Books log for Thursday

Edmund Morris' "Dutch": A major bomb from start to finish

G|nter Grass' Nobel Prize: How the genius of Danzig rebuilt German literature

Walter Mosley's "Walkin' the Dog": Flirting with agitprop, delivering a shock

The story of AIDS: Could a polio vaccine have been the beginning?

Simon Singh's "The Code Book": A terrific history of secret codes (with a $15,000 contest)

George W., Yalie: Who needs the best and the brightest when we've got a flesh-branding frat boy?

The nymphet strikes back: A vicious Lolita has her say in new novel

Jennifer Kornreich

Dear Mr. Blue

Garrison Keillor

Scott Turow's "Personal Injuries": Corruption and philandering in a top-notch legal thriller

Jonathan Groner

Too darn hot: Romance readers clash over how much sex is too much

Ivory Tower: Edward Said: Out of place but not out of mind

Mark Doty's "Firebird": A new American classic

Ishmael Reed picks five untamed African-American novels

Bestseller list dilemma: Is Reagan bio fiction or nonfiction?

"The Big Test": The SAT-worshipping American meritocracy flunks out

"How to Stop Time": Heroin as a recreational drug

Diary of a Teacher's last year: When Socrates fails

Pain without tears: breast cancer destroys more than flesh

Susan Faludi's "Stiffed": Bloated, loaded and brilliantly persuasive

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