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Thomas Mallon's new novelization of the infamous political scandal re-imagines the events through the eyes of the perpetrators. Critic Heller McAlpin says Mallon manages to capture both the metastasizing dishonesty and the ludicrousness of this great American tragedy of political ambition run amok.

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Ali Ukla Ursan, who received the Pushkin Medal, has publicly applauded the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and expressed strong anti-Semitic views.

Charlayne Hunter-Gault’s “To the Mountaintop” helps a new generation understand a pivotal — and still relevant — moment in American history.

New books by Richard Mason, Andromeda Romano-Lax, Niccolò Ammaniti, Lucy Ferriss, Alexander Masters and Tatiana de Rosnay.

Edward St. Aubyn’s “At Last” is the final installment of a remarkable cycle of novels chronicling the life of Mr. St. Aubyn’s alter ego, Patrick, while painting a portrait of the upper-class British world his family inhabits.

In his new novel, Matthew Pearl follows an M.I.T. student out to use his scientific and engineering skills to solve a problem in skeptical 1868 Boston.

Few people have had as profound an effect on the way we read today as Barney Rosset.

Patricia O’Brien’s sixth novel was rejected 13 times. Then she used a pen name, and a publisher loved it.

Great literature has its place, but it’s not on a plane or in an airport.

“Tireless” and “tirelessly” are words writers seem to use without paying them much attention.

A centenarian maestro is Leslie Epstein’s quixotic hero.

The German artist Martin Kippenberger’s hard work and frequent play, seen through the eyes of one of his sisters.

A book, by its mere existence, can lend legitimacy to an argument in Washington’s sound-bite-driven debate.

Profiles, reminiscences, and writings about the late Barney Rosset, the legendary publisher of Grove Press, from over the years.

New novels by David Snodin, Chan Koonchung, Liz Moore, Amy Franklin-Willis and Suzzy Roche.

The tempestuous story of an inspirational gospel and country duo.

Jodi Kantor examines the relationship between Michelle and Barack Obama and its public consequences.

How an Egyptian Google executive’s Facebook page helped spark a movement.

At the turn of the 20th century, Theodore Roosevelt set out to transform the United States into a major world power.

A forged Caravaggio is the link between two love triangles in this World War II novel.