Crime and Punishment

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February 27, 2013

Harvest

By JIM CRACE

Reviewed by Anna Mundow

Violent reckoning strikes a secluded and secretive eighteenth-century village.

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FICTION

April 23, 2012

Kingdom Come

By J. G. BALLARD

Reviewed by Anna Mundow

The London suburbs vibrate with malevolence in the final work from the innovative novelist.

About the Columnist

Anna Mundow, a longtime contributor to The Irish Times and The Boston Globe, has written for The Guardian, The Washington Post and The New York Times among other publications.

Daybook

May 21: The musical smash hit Gypsy opened on Broadway on this day in 1959. The bestseller upon which the show is based, Gypsy Rose Lee's memoir Gypsy, told her life as a rags-to-naked success story, and added to…

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Story of My People

Recounting the struggles and eventual dissolution of a family textile business in Prato, Italy, Story of My People is a heartbreaking memoir about the personal impact of globalization.

My Struggle, Book Two

A controversial sensation in Norway, A Man in Love is the second book of six in the series, detailing Knausgaard’s separation from his wife, his move to Stolkholm and the dogged pursuit of a mesmerizing poet.

Minotaur

This newly reissued Cold War classic profiles an Israeli spy obsessed with an English girl half his age, and his attempts to win her love without ever revealing his true identity.