Books Update from The New York Times

August 29, 2014

'The Bone Clocks' By DAVID MITCHELL Reviewed by PICO IYER In David Mitchell's "The Bone Clocks," a 15-year-old girl runs away from home in 1984 and becomes entrapped in an otherworldly battle between good and evil that will follow her for 60 years. Also in the Book Review Rick Perlstein: By the Book The author, most recently, of "The Invisible Bridge," would like Chekhov to write his life story. "Sometimes I think he knows me better than I know myself, even when he's ostensibly writing about Russian ladies over a hundred years ago." By the Book: Archive 'Suspicious Minds' By JOEL GOLD and IAN GOLD Reviewed by GARY GREENBERG A psychiatrist and his philosopher brother discuss how mental illness reflects culture. 'Your Face in Mine' By JESS ROW Reviewed by EMILY RABOTEAU A man undergoes a surgical procedure to transform from white to black. 'Hack Attack' By NICK DAVIES Reviewed by DAVID CARR David Carr reviews "Hack Attack," in which Nick Davies traces his campaign to uncover the full extent of the British phone-hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World. 'Home Leave' By BRITTANI SONNENBERG Reviewed by MEGAN HUSTAD A restless executive subjects his family to an itinerant existence on three continents. 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' By RICHARD FLANAGAN Reviewed by MICHAEL GORRA A frail humanity survives the unspeakable in Richard Flanagan's novel of the Burma-Thailand Railway. 'Mr. Gwyn and Three Times at Dawn' By ALESSANDRO BARICCO. Translated by ANN GOLDSTEIN. Reviewed by RACHEL DONADIO A celebrated British author embarks on a strange new career in these linked novellas by Alessandro Baricco. 'The Invention of Exile' By VANESSA MANKO Reviewed by JONATHAN DEE A Russian immigrant, deported from the United States, attempts to reunite with his family.