>RICK MOODY The Black Veil The author of The Ice Storm conducts a scattershot literary investigation of a supposed ancestor.

ADELE LANG Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber Darling, your fictional diary about a shallow spendthrift grubbing after designer labels is simply gauche.

CHARLES BARKLEY I May Be Wrong But I Doubt It You were right the first time. Barkley's sociopolitical musings are not going to give George Will any sleepless nights.