The Week in Reviews

A compendium of notable reviews
by Kat Warren

>> “The Collected Stories” by Lorrie Moore
from The Guardian
All hail Lorrie Moore!

>> “Universe of Stone: Chartres Cathedral and the Triumph of the Medieval Mind” by Philip Ball
from The London Times
Read this, then see the real thing.

>> “Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America” by Rick Perlstein
from The New York Times Book Review
Thumbs way up from George F. Will for this “sprawling, rollicking book.”

>> “The Revelation” by C.J. Samson
from The London Times
“Terrific” historical whodunnit.

>> “Twenty Chickens for a Saddle: The Story of an African Childhood” by Robyn Scott
from The New York Times Book Review
“Beautifully written and lovingly told.”

>> “Stage Directions: Writing on Theatre, 1970-2008” by Michael Frayn
from The Spectator
Good stuff from this dramatist, novelist: “this is writing on theatre as it ought to be.”

>> “Stuffed & Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System” by Raj Patel
from The San Francisco Chronicle
Timely and then some.

>> “Exiles: A Novel” by Ron Hansen
from The Los Angeles Times
Semi-tepid review but I’m still going to read the book.