Night-table Reading

Larry King(talk-show host): Mercy, by David Lindsey (Doubleday). "Described as a psychosexual thriller, Mercydefinitely gets a 9 on a scale of 1 to 10."

William Forsythe (actor): A Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway (Scribners). "Hemingway captures the hunger, vitality, and seemingly abandoned inspiration of his generation. "

Catherine Wyler f movie producer): Reports from the Holocaust,by Larry Kramer (St. Martin's). "This is about passion. Feeling runs so high, it almost singes your fingers.'

Jessica Hagedevn (author): The Floating World,by Cynthia Kadohata (Viking). "The grandmother in Kadohata's forward novel is a marvelous creation— magical and painfully funny. "