Koba the Dread: Laughter and the 20 Million
Martin Amis' account of Soviet terror exemplifies the sheer failure of the iron fist.
By Michael Anft
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Two grande dames
Valuable new essay collections from Joan Didion and Susan Sontag.
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Four days of hell
The "Korean Conflict" revisited through prize-winning investigative reports.
Substance and style
Haruki Murakami fills his latest volumes with a fictional love triangle and a real-life terrorist cult.