The New York Times - Book Review

'Seven Bad Ideas' By JEFF MADRICK Reviewed by PAUL KRUGMAN In "Seven Bad Ideas," Jeff Madrick argues that the failure of economists to address the 2008 financial crisis is rooted in decades of intellectual misconduct. Also in the Book Review 'The Shifts and the Shocks' By MARTIN WOLF Reviewed by FELIX SALMON In "The Shifts and the Shocks," Martin Wolf proposes drastic measures to try to prevent another financial crisis. Steven Pinker: By the Book The author of "The Language Instinct," "The Blank Slate" and, most recently, "The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century" has never gotten in trouble for reading a book. "Just for writing them." ·         By the Book: Archive 'The Scatter Here Is Too Great' By BILAL TANWEER Reviewed by JESS ROW An attack in Karachi reveals a web of lives connected by violence in this novel-in-stories. No Pain, No Game By ROY BLOUNT Jr. Has our passion for football made us blind to the sport's dark side? 'Island of a Thousand Mirrors' By NAYOMI MUNAWEERA Reviewed by NADIFA MOHAMED Two families find themselves on opposite sides of Sri Lanka's civil war in this debut novel. 'A Deadly Wandering' By MATT RICHTEL Reviewed by ROBERT KOLKER A journalist examines a deadly accident and the risks of texting and driving. 'My Two Italies' By JOSEPH LUZZI Reviewed by CRAIG SELIGMAN A son of Italian immigrants on his relationship with the ancestral homeland. 'Consumed' By DAVID CRONENBERG Reviewed by JONATHAN LETHEM David Cronenberg's debut novel centers on two journalists and their fascination with scandal and social media. 'The Undertaking' By AUDREY MAGEE Reviewed by LOUISA THOMAS A first novel set in World War II Germany. 'Faithful and Virtuous Night' By LOUISE GLUCK Reviewed by PETER CAMPION Many of the poems in Louise Glück's collection feature an aging painter confronting his own mortality. 'Arctic Summer' By DAMON GALGUT Reviewed by THOMAS MALLON Based on the life of E. M. Forster, this novel traces a struggle for liberation both on and off the page. Crime Letting Go By MARILYN STASIO "Darkness, Darkness," John Harvey's final novel in his series featuring Inspector Charlie Resnick, strikes an elegiac tone. ADVERTISEMENT