This Summer’s Dog Days Suit One Novelist Fine
David Wroblewski talks about the animals that inspired his best-selling debut novel, “The Story of Edgar Sawtelle,” about a mute boy’s extraordinary communion with his dogs.
Books of The Times: America Abroad: Examining What We’ve Done in the Name of Freedom
Ted Widmer’s overview of American foreign policy and the ideas that have animated it makes for a long, slow, dithering ride.
Books of The Times: Hush, Hush, Sister Dearest, Your Fall Was an Accident
“The Sister” is powered by the same sort of confidently rendered literary suspense that propelled Donna Tartt’s “The Secret History” onto best-seller lists.
