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Paolo Giordano

Books of The Times

'The Solitude of Prime Numbers'

By PAOLO GIORDANO
Reviewed by RICHARD EDER

The Italian writer Paolo Giordano has drawn a mesmerizing portrait of a young man and woman whose injured natures draw them together and inevitably pull them apart.

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'Next'

By JAMES HYNES
Reviewed by JANET MASLIN

In James Hynes’s new novel, a middle-aged man on a one-day trip to Austin, Tex., for a job interview comes full to life at long last.

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'Still Life'

By MELISSA MILGROM
Reviewed by DWIGHT GARNER

Melissa Milgrom’s oddball first book is a pinballing tour through the poorly understood world of taxidermy.

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A New Anthology of Gastronomica Magazine

By FLORENCE FABRICANT

“The Gastronomica Reader” is an anthology of more than 40 essays from the thought-provoking food magazine.

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'The Surrendered'

By CHANG-RAE LEE
Reviewed by MICHIKO KAKUTANI

With “The Surrendered,” Chang-rae Lee has written the most ambitious and compelling novel of his already impressive career.

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AN AUTHOR'S DEFENSE Charles Pellegrino, who wrote “The Last Train From Hiroshima,” admits being duped by a source, but says other sources that his publisher has questioned definitely exist.

Pondering Good Faith in Publishing

By MOTOKO RICH

Digital media raises the question of what part the traditional book publisher will play in the future.

Letters Capture Grief for President Kennedy

By KATIE ZEZIMA

A new book has collected some of the thousands of surviving letters to Jacqueline Kennedy after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

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'Burning Bright'

By RON RASH
Reviewed by JANET MASLIN

The skill with which Ron Rash’s tales are constructed is apparent in this new book of stories.

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Dorothy Jane Mills at home in Naples, Fla. Baseball researchers had honored only her husband, Dr. Harold Seymour, for a three-volume historical work.

Straightening the Record

By ALAN SCHWARZ

The Society for American Baseball Research changed course and recognized Dorothy Jane Mills as a co-author with Dr. Harold Seymour of a trilogy of the game’s history.

Palestinian Sees Lesson Translating an Israeli’s Work

By ETHAN BRONNER

In memory of a son killed in a terrorist attack, a Palestinian lawyer paid for an Arabic translation of the autobiography of Israel’s most prominent author and dove, Amos Oz.

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'The Best of It'

By KAY RYAN
Reviewed by DWIGHT GARNER

A nearly career-spanning collection of compact and refined poetry by Kay Ryan, the poet laureate of the United States.

Lloyd Constantine, a former senior adviser to Eliot Spitzer. Mr. Spitzer, who stepped down as governor two years ago, called Mr. Constantine’s book “self-serving and largely inaccurate.”

Book on Spitzer’s Downfall Sets Off Angry Replies

By DANNY HAKIM

Eliot Spitzer called an account by his former senior adviser “self-serving and largely inaccurate.”

Times Topics: Eliot Spitzer

Karl Rove's memoir will be published on Tuesday.

Ultimate Bush Insider Lifts Veil on Presidency

By PETER BAKER

Karl Rove says in his new memoir that President George W. Bush probably would not have invaded Iraq had he known there were no unconventional weapons there.

Times Topics: Karl Rove

Sunday Book Review

'Angelology'

By DANIELLE TRUSSONI
Reviewed by SUSANN COKAL

In Danielle Trussoni’s rousing novel, a young nun is drawn into an ancient struggle against the Nephilim, hybrid offspring of humans and heavenly beings.