Night-Iable Reading

Eddie luard,

comedian-actor, Dress to Kill

A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, by Stephen Hawking (Bantam). "Because it talks about string theory, and I like string. ''

Edie Beale,

star ofGrey Gardens

The Iliad,by Homer (Penguin). "I'm insane about the Greek classics. And I'm still in love with that guy who they dragged around the city wall of Troy."

Terry George,

director of HBO's A Bright Shining Lie

The Ends of the Earth, by Robert D. Kaplan (Vintage). "From Sierra Leone to Cambodia—a vicarious trip to places I haven't mustered enough nerve to visit."

Cold Mountain, by Charles Frazier (Atlantic Monthly Press). "I appreciated both Frazier's writing style and the conscious feeling of everyday moments he conveyed. "

Michael Racanelli,

playwright, maitre d' at Elaine's