Night-Table Reading

Helen Thomas

fe U.P.I. White House

correspondent and author.

Front Row at the White House

Seasons of Her Life, by Ann Blackman (Scribner). "A superb book about Madeleine Albright—a great woman who is holding one of the most powerfuljobs in history—that will make the country realize what an accomplished woman is in charge of foreign policy."

lames Palumbo

nightclub owner

Corelli's Mandolin, by Louis De Bernieres (Vintage).

"A great romantic novel with a lot of humor."

lames Brady

author, The House That Ate the Hamptons

Breakout: The Chosin Reservoir Campaign, Korea 1950, by Martin Russ (Fromm).

"An epic account of Marines fighting the Chinese Army—a cold, savage war in which I fought and which haunts me still. "

Tom Sachs

artist

Air Guitar: Essays on Art & Democracy, by Dave Hickey (D.A.P.).

"His analysis of Chet Baker, who 'wantedpeople to understand what he played:

he didn't care a damn if they understood how he lived, ' made me cry."