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Death-Row Pen Pals
A Texas inmate, executed Wednesday, sought companionship via the Internet before his death. Inside the death-row pen-pal business-and how felons bid for friends.
This Week's Hot Reads
This week: A hipster recounts his wild misadventures, a deep look at how and why we shop, a rollicking tale of spies and dilettantes in the American Revolution, an indictment of our economic theories, and a bold new novel of artistic corruption and redemption.
This Week's Hot Reads
This week: a haunting novel about a house that sees the tides of history, a new memoir-novel from Jeannette Walls, a powerful eyewitness account of the surge in Iraq, a new thriller from David Baldacci, and a manifesto for dealing with email.












