Book reviews - The New York Times

'Boy, Snow, Bird'

By HELEN OYEYEMI
Reviewed by POROCHISTA KHAKPOUR

In "Boy, Snow, Bird," Helen Oyeyemi uses "Snow White" as a departure point for a cautionary tale on post-race ideology, racial limbos and the politics of passing.

Chelsea Handler: By the Book

The author, most recently, of "Uganda Be Kidding Me" is a fan of "Anna Karenina." "I find Russian writers to be very charismatic storytellers; and that is where their charisma ends."

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'The Fishing Fleet'

By ANNE DE COURCY
Reviewed by ALIDA BECKER

Women sent to marry British soldiers and civil servants in the Raj helped create an ersatz England.

'Chance'

By KEM NUNN
Reviewed by TERRENCE RAFFERTY

In Kem Nunn's novel, a San Francisco psychiatrist becomes involved with an alluring patient.

How the Sausage Is Made

By NICK REDING

America has become one of the greatest providers, and eaters, of meat - a source of both pride and controversy.

'Strange Bodies'

By MARCEL THEROUX
Reviewed by STEVE ALMOND

A Silicon Valley mogul and his Russian allies exploit the darkest secrets of Soviet technology in Marcel Theroux's thriller.

'Dust'

By YVONNE ADHIAMBO OWUOR
Reviewed by TAIYE SELASI

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor's novel explores a land's, and a family's, violent past.