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January 2, l984BOOKSBEST OF '83
Fiction
The Anatomy Lesson by Philip Roth. The conclusion of the
Nathan Zuckerman trilogy finds Roth's comic writer-hero
disillusioned with fiction and headed for medical school and
more trouble.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The
1982 Nobel laureate mixes imagination and fact into a
suspenseful novella of honor and revenge in a Colombian town.
Ironweed by William Kennedy. In the third novel set in his
native Albany, the author traces a bum's progress through the
late Depression and his old upstate New York haunts.
Pitch Dark by Renata Adler. A sophisticated narrator, nearly
indistinguishable from the author, uses anecdote and bits of
intriguing conversation to reflect on her mobile and solitary
life.
Shiloh and Other Stories by Bobbie Ann Mason. Times are
changing in western Kentucky, the setting for these tales of
restless wives, footloose truckers and feisty senior citizens.
Nonfiction
Blue Highways by William Least Heat Moon. After an unhappy
marriage, a wanderer takes to the U.S. back roads to examine his
country and his American Indian roots.
The Last Lion by William Manchester. One award-winning
biographer's highly charged, worshipful narrative of Winston
Spencer Churchill's spectacular rise as soldier, author and
politician.
Modern Times by Paul Johnson. The crusty former editor of the
New Statesman blames Einstein, Marx and no-fault liberalism for
the evils of the "me" century.
Stieglitz by Sue Davidson Lowe. The photographer's grand-niece
casts an affectionate, scholarly look back at "Uncle Al," the
cantankerous genius who transformed American photography from
reproduction to art.
White Mischief by James Fox. As the sun sets luridly on the
British Empire, circa 1940, Kenya colonials go to pieces in a
scandalous, riveting tale of murder and retribution.