DETERMINED
Months lengthened into years as those charged with tracking down the genocidal war criminals stayed on the scent. They never gave up, and their determination paid off.
Ancient and Modern
Roman emperors are stained by legends of depravity, but strip away the rumors, says historian Tom Holland, and you find leaders catering to the whims of the masses.
Speak, Memory
Two new books attempt to re-create the horrors of the Holocaust and to capture the generation who witnessed the camps firsthand.
WRITER’S EYE
One of Pakistan’s most famous novelists, Mohsin Hamid, is out with a collection of essays that tackle everything from being Muslim-American to why Pakistan has become so messy.
Western Canon
Preeminent British scholar John Sutherland’s new book is enjoyable for what it is—a skin-deep crash-course rather than a rigorous in-depth study.
Byronic
The British travel writer was known for the classic The Road to Oxiana, but his earlier account from his younger days, Europe in the Looking-Glass, shows him coming into his own as an art critic and historian.
elBulli
Meet Pepe Carvalho, the book-burning, gastronome private eye in Manuel Vázquez Montalbán’s much-loved novels. By Malcolm Forbes.
WILD WILD WEST
Malcolm Forbes says the new novel The Bartender’s Tale bears out Ivan Doig’s comparison to the Dean of Western Writers.
Smooth Criminal
The beautifully charged language of Ross Macdonald’s detective novels helps clinch a character for the reader. By Malcolm Forbes.
A sleuth tracks down a Nazi-killer, D.J. Taylor finds drama at the race track, and debut stories feature a blind tiger among others.