NIGHT-TABLE READING

FANFAIR

EDGAR BRONFMAN JR.CHAIRMAN AND C.E.O.,WARNER MUSIC GROUP

UNACCUSTOMED EARTH, BY JHUMPA LAHIRI (KNOPF)

"There is no one writing fiction today who can capture place and character like Lahiri."

HARPER SIMONSINGER; FOUNDER.TUISI RECORDS

INFINITE JEST, BY DAVID FOSTER WALLACE (LITTLE, BROWN)

"I've enjoyed many of his essays and short stories, but Infinite Jest is the masterpiece. For me, he was the most interesting writer of my generation."

VERNON E. JORDAN JR. SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR.LAZARD FRERES

THE HELP, BY KATHRYN STOCKETT (PUTNAM)

"It transported me back to the days in Atlanta when I was the help—having served as a chauffeur, butler, waiter, bartender, and fanned flies over buffet tables outdoors."

BOB PITTMAN CO-FOUNDER.PIIOT GROUP; CO-FOUNDER. MTV

1434: THE YEAR A MAGNIFICENT CHINESE FLEET SAILED TO ITALY AND IGNITED THE RENAISSANCE, BY GAVIN MENZIES (MORROW)

“1434 makes the case that the Chinese presented enormous knowledge to the Western world and were instrumental in setting off the European Renaissance."

SHORTLY, BUT FONDLY Jim Harrison's trio of novellas focus on The Former's Daughter (Grove). Journalist David Maraniss takes us deeper Into the Story (Simon & Schuster). Dani Shapiro's memoir is a spiritual journey in Devotion (HorperCollins). Bill Flanagan's historical rock V roll novel, Evening's Empire (Simon & Schuster), is epic. Hamish Bowles and Alexandra Kotur'sThe World in Vogue (Knopf) dazzles. The king of cardiology, Isadore Rosenfeld, M.D., is the Doctor of the Heart (Mary Ann Liebert). Joseph E. Stiglitz charts our economic Freelall (Norton). Mark Alan Stamaty shouts Shake, Rattle & Turn That Noise Down! (Random House). Conde Nast U.K. managing director Nicholas Coleridge's novel displays Pride and Avarice (St. Martin's). Martin Chapman lavishes attention on Cartier and America (Prestel). James Atlas explains How They See Us (Atlas & Co.). Phil Patton is nostalgic for John Margolies: Roadside America (Taschen) Adriana Trigiani exclaims, Brava, Valentine (HorperCollins).