Vanities

NIGHT TABLE READING

August 2000
Vanities
NIGHT TABLE READING
August 2000

NIGHT TABLE READING

VANITIES

The Chess Garden, by Brooks Hansen (Riverhead). "One of my all-time favorites. A unique and memorable adventure!"

Winter's Tale, by Mark Helprin (Harvest). "A classic. An eloquently written book of poetic exuberance. Helprin demonstrates beauty and a gift for the English

The Love Machine, by Jacqueline Susann (Grove). "Jacqueline Susann's novel of sin, success, and failure in the world of 60s television has many lessons for a girl following the same path."

The Human Stain, by Philip Roth (Houghton Mifflin). "I think it's amazing that he has produced American Pastoral, I Married a Communist, and now this in the last four years. An astonishing achievement."