Publishers Weekly articles from February 1994, page 3

Publishers Weekly archives from February 1994

Delusions of Grandma.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... DELUSIONS OF GRANDMA Carrie Fisher. Simon & Schuster, $22 (288p) 0-671-75227-7 Fisher (Surrender the Pink) is up to her usual schtick: analyzing the dynamics of a love affair gone sour. It all works fairly well, as long as the...

Mean High Tide.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... MEAN HIGH TIDE James W. Hall. Delacorte, $21.95 (384p) ISBN 0-385-30798-5 After a two-book hiatus, Thorn--the quixotic fly-tying Florida Keys protagonist of Under Cover of Daylight and Tropical Freeze--is back with a bang in Hall's...

When She Was Bad.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... WHEN SHE WAS BAD Ron Faust. Forge, $22.95 (320p) ISBN 0-312-85164-2 One man's obsession with a world-class femme fatale powers this fast-running but unreliable thriller by the author of In the Forest of the Night. Local reporter Dan Stark...

Smoke.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... * SMOKE John Ed Bradley. Holt/Macrae, $23 (320p) ISBN 0-8050-2421-2 Bradley's evocation of the South acquires new depth and charm in his fourth novel, after Love & Obits. Here childhood friends rediscover the magic of their...

Night.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... NIGHT Bilge Karasu, translated by Guneli Gun with the author. Louisiana State Univ., $19.95 (142p)ISBN0-8071-1849-4 Karasu's Kafka-esque political parable, first published in his native Turkey in 1984, evokes the fear and paralysis...

When Warhol Was Still Alive.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... WHEN WARHOL WAS STILL ALIVE Margaret McMullan. Crossing Press, $18.95 (199p) ISBN 0-89594-651-3 McMullan's debut, set in the mid-80s and peppered with pop-culture references, proves rather prosaic, for all its behind-the-scenes...

Otis.
February 21, 1994... OTIS Paul Limbart Allman. St. Martin's, $20.95 (256p) ISBN 0-312-10519-3 This unusual and charming first novel is a tall tale, recounting the adventures of Otis Gully, a naieve lad who vows to "plug up" the Mississippi River because...

The Elements of Hitting.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... THE ELEMENTS OF HITTING Matthew F. Jones. Hyperion, $22.95 (320p) ISBN 0-7868-6025-1 The protagonist of this ultimately disappointing novel is Walter Innis, pushing 40, the son of Victor, a former pitching phenom who blew out his arm...

Stealing Time.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... STEALING Mary Grimm. Random, $19 (208p) ISBN 0-679-40099-0 Time preys on the (mostly) female protagonists of these 14 carefully wrought and quietly breathtaking stories, many of which first appeared in the New Yorker. Grimm (Left...

Dissociated States.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... DISSOCIATED STATES Leonard Simon. Bantam, $21.95 (336p) ISBN 0-553-09586-2 A killer suffering from multiple personality disorder is the moving force of this brisk thriller by a practicing clinical psychologist and novelist (The...

A Disturbance in One Place.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... A DISTURBANCE IN ONE PLACE Binnie Kirshenbaum. Fromm, $19.95 (208p) ISBN 0-88064-157-6 In a series of graphic sketches, the author of the witty On Mermaid Avenue depicts a young Jewish woman who passes her days and nights in...

The Back of Beyond.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... THE BACK OF BEYOND Barbara Bickmore. Kensington, $18.95 (480p) ISBN 0-8217-4517-4 When an attractive young woman physician with a broken heart joins the all-male Flying Doctors Service in the Australian Outback just before the...

The Book of Intrusions.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... BOOK OF INTRUSIONS Desmond MacNamara. Dalkey Archive, $19.95 ISBN 1-56478-041-4 The premise of MacNamara's debut novel is inventive enough: that "characters from unfinished novels, film scripts, narrative poems and other sources of...

Winner Take All.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... WINNER TAKE ALL Sean Flannery. Forge, $21.95 (352p) ISBN 0-312-85417-X An exciting blend of techno-thriller and spy fiction, Flannery's new book exploits a near-future setting. The U.S. and Russia are preparing Operation Pit Bull, a...

On Dangerous Ground.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... ON DANGEROUS GROUND Jack Higgins. Putnam, $22.95 (304p) ISBN 0-399-13933-8 Having turned former IRA terrorist Scan Dillon into a hero in Thunder Point, Higgins refines his portrait of that deadly little man even further here by...

Tamar.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... TAMAR Ann Chamberlin. Tor/Forge, $23.95 (448p) ISBN 0-312-85649-0 Biblical history is brought vividly to life in Chamberlin's second novel (after The Virgin and the Tower), a story of King David's court told from a woman's point of...

The Fall-Down Artist.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... THE FALL-DOWN ARTIST Thomas Lipinski. St. Martin's/Dunne, $20.95 (304p) ISBN 0-312-10461-8 Lipinski debuts with a downbeat, droll tale which, marked by several wily and congenial turns, cannily mines the Pittsburgh area. Carroll...

In the Dark.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... IN THE DARK Carol Brennan. Putnam, $19.95 (288p) ISBN 0-399-13940-0 Brennan, author of two Liz Wareham mysteries, including Headhunt, introduces L.A. film actress Emily Silver in this engaging suspense thriller. Orphaned at the...

Methods of Execution.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... METHODS OF EXECUTION Fredrick D. Huebner. Simon & Schuster, $22 (320p) ISBN 0-671-86724-5 In the fifth Matt Riordan novel, a well-written, well-constructed legal mystery, Huebner (Picture Postcard) sets his Seattle lawyer on a cold...

Barking Dogs.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... BARKING DOGS Robert Irvine. St. Martin's/Dunne, $19.95 (224p) ISBN 0-312-10419-7 A writer who is alternately warm and cynical, but always knowing, Irvine departs from his series of Mormon mystery adventures featuring Moroni...

Three Bedrooms, One Corpse.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... THREE BEDROOMS, ONE CORPSE Charlaine Harris. Scribners, $20 (218p) ISBN 0-684-19643-3 At loose ends after her adventures in A Bone to Pick, former librarian Aurora Teagarden pitches in to help her mother Aida, a busy real estate...

Dead Heat.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... DEAD HEAT Arthur F. Nehrbass. Dutton, $19.95 (352p) ISBN 0-525-93664-5 The latest from the author of Dead Easy is kneecapped by its own reach for authenticity. After opening with a mob hit and a catalogue of made guys, Nehrbass...

The Game Is Afoot: Parodies, Pastiches and Ponderings of Sherlock Holmes.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... THE GAME IS AFOOT: Parodies, Pastiches and Ponderings of Sherlock Holmes Edited by Marvin Kaye. St. Martin's, $24.95 (528p) ISBN 0-312-10468-5 This book by novelist/anthologist Kaye (Penguin Book of Ghosts) is a compilation...

Tigers Burning.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... TIGERS BURNING Crabbe Evers. Morrow, $20 (256p) ISBN 0-688-11469-5 The adventures of retired Chicago sportswriter Duffy House, last seen in Fear in Fenway, usually begin with Duffy being dispatched by his pal the commissioner to a...

Death Prone.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... DEATH PRONE Claire Curzon. St. Martin's/Dunne, $19.95 (224p) ISBN 0-312-10453-7 A self-reflective conceit marks Curzon's ninth British police procedural featuring Superintendent Mike Yeadings. The tale, which is peopled by...

Wandering Soul Murders.
February 21, 1994... WANDERING SOUL MURDERS Gail Bowen. St. Martin's, $19.95 (224p) ISBN 0-312-10574-6 Canadian Bowen's latest, after Love and Murder, is a harrowing look at the difficulties faced by those trying to break away from the effects of an...

Scott Fitzgerald: A Biography.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... * SCOTT FITZGERALD: A Biography Jeffrey Meyers. HarperCollins, $27.50 (432p) ISBN 0-06-019036-1 Meyers's compulsively readable, marvelously vivid biography of Jazz Age novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) uncovers a wealth of...

Roald Dahl: A Biography.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... * ROALD DAHL: A Biography Jeremy Treglown. Farrrar, Straus & Giroux, $25 (320p) ISBN 0-374-25130-4 This revealing biography strips away the genial persona of popular children's book author Roald Dahl (1916-1990) to explore the...

A More Perfect Union: Why Straight Americans Must Stand up for Gay Rights.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... A MORE PERFECT UNION: Why Straight Americans Must Stand Up for Gay Rights Richard D. Mohr. Beacon (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, dist.), $15 (140p) ISBN 0-8070-7932-4 Sensing "America to be at a turning point on gay issues," Mohr...

The Making of a Soviet Scientist: My Adventures in Nuclear Fusion and Space - From Stalin to Star Wars.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... THE MAKING OF A SOVIET SCIENTIST: My Adventures in Nuclear Fusion and Space From Stalin to Star Wars Roald V. Sagdeev, edited by Susan Eisenhower. Wiley, $24.95 (352p) ISBN 0-471-02031-1 Sagdeev, a physicist who directed the...

Never Again: Britain, 1945-1951.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... NEVER AGAIN: Britain, 1945-1951 Peter Hennessy. Pantheon, $27.50 (560p) ISBN 0-679-43363-5 In a lively, stirring history of the post-war epoch that molded Britain's baby boomer generation, Hennessy argues that Britain's economic...

The FDA Follies: An Alarming Look at Our Food and Drugs in the 1980s.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... THE FDA FOLLIES: An Alarming Look at Our Food and Drugs in the 1980s Herbert Burkholz. Basic, $23 (256p) ISBN 0-465-02369-X This evenhanded, mild journalistic report charges that the Food and Drug Administration through the 1980s...

Bedlam: Greed, Profiteering, and Fraud in a Mental Health System Gone Crazy.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... * BEDLAM: Greed, Profiteering, and Fraud in a Mental Health System Gone Crazy Joe Shatkey. St. Martin's/Dunne, $22.95 (320p) ISBN 0-312-10421-9 In this powerful, scathing indictment, Sharkey (Above Suspicion) exposes profound...

Deadline Poet: Or, My Life as a Doggerelist.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... DEADLINE POET: Or, My Life As a Doggerelist Calvin Trillin. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $18 (160p) ISBN 0-374-13552-5 In an irreverent, hilarious romp, Trillin (Uncivil Liberties) wraps a running political and cultural commentary...

Brainmakers: How Scientists Are Moving Beyond Computers to Create a Rival to the Human Brain.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... BRAINMAKERS: How Scientists Are Moving Beyond Computers to Create a Rival to the Human Brain David H. Freedman. Simon & Schuster, $22 (256p) ISBN 0-671-76079-3 Freelance science writer Freedman's compelling state-of-the-art report on...

Shared Values for a Troubled World: Conversations with Men and Women of Conscience.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... SHARED VALUES FOR A TROUBLED WORLD: Conversations with Men and Women of Conscience Rushworth M. Kidder. Jossey-Bass, $22 (824p) ISBN 1-55542-603-4 Kidder, president of the Institute for Global Ethics and a columnist for the Christian...

George Cukor, Master of Elegance: Hollywood's Legendary Director and His Stars.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... GEORGE CUKOR, MASTER OF ELEGANCE: Hollywood's Legendary Director and His Stars Emanuel Levy. Morrow, $25 (400p) ISBN 0-688-11246-3 One of Hollywood's most accomplished and prolific directors, Cukor (1899-1983) made movies that were at...

A Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... A WOMAN OF VALOR: Clara Barton and the Civil War Stephen B. Oates. Free Press, $27.95 ISBN 0-02-923405-0 Prolific biographer Oates (Abraham Lincoln) uses both primary and secondary sources in addressing the Civil War career of Clara...

On Language: Descent from the Tower of Babel.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... ON LANGUAGE: Descent from the Tower of Babel Rod Mengham. Little, Brown, $22.95 (192p) ISBN 0-316-56671-3 Mengham begins this selective, erudite overview of languages by reviewing neurological research that suggests the brain is...

Remembering the Derby.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... REMEMBERING THE DERBY Jim Bolus. Pelican, S18.95 (256p)/SBN 1-56554-040-9 This collection of folksy articles by the author of Kentucky Derby Stories contains some new material and a few pieces reprinted from Bolus's column in the...

Cyberia: Life in the Trenches of Hyperspace.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... CYBERIA: Life of Hyperspace in the Tranches Douglas Rushkoff. Harper San Francisco, $22 (288p) ISBN 0-06-251010-X This heady report takes readers on a dizzying and dangerous guided tour through "cyberspace," an unfolding terrain of...

"I Won't Learn from You": And Other Thoughts on Creative Maladjustment.
February 21, 1994... "I WON'T LEARN FROM YOU": And Other Thoughts on Creative Maladjustment Herbert Kohl. New Press, $17.95 (160p) ISBN 1-56584-095-X Despite the social and economic despair that pervades many U.S. public schools, meaningful learning...

The Quark and the Jaguar: Adventures in the Simple and Complex.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... THE QUARK AND THE JAGUAR: Adventures m the Simple and the Complez Murray Gell-Mann. Freeman, $23.95 (380p) ISBN 0-7167-2581-9 In this sweeping synthesis, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Gell-Mann ponders the universe's mix of simplicity and...

The Curse of Rocky Colavito: A Loving Look at a Thirty-Year Slump.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... THE CURSE OF ROCKY COLAVITO: A Loving Look at a Thirty-Year Slump Terry Pluto. Simon & Schustor, $22 (288p) ISBN 0-671-86909-6 Boston Red Sox fans speak of the Curse of the Bambino to explain why their team has failed to win a world...

Blood and Belonging: Journeys into the New Nationalism.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... BLOOD AND BELONGING: Journeys into the New Nationalism Michael Ignatieff. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $21 (208p) ISBN 0-374-11440-4 To understand the current upsurge of nationalist tensions, Ignatieff (The Needs of Strangers) traveled...

The Collected Works of Harold Clurman: Six Decades of Commentary on Theatre, Dance, Music, Film, Arts, Letters and Politics.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... THE COLLECTED WORKS OF HAROLD CLURMAN: Six Decades of Commentary on Theatre, Dance, Music, Film, Arts, Letters and Politics Edited by Marjorie Loggia and Glenn Young, introduction by Robert Whitehead. Applause, $49.95 (1120p)ISBN...

The Beat of a Different Drum: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... THE BEAT OF A DIFFERENT DRUM: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman Jagdish Mehra. Oxford Univ., $35 (640p) ISBN 0-19-853948-7 The rigorous treatment of Feynman's science here may reward graduate students in physics but will likely...

Mob Lawyer.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... MOB LAWYER Frank Ragano with Selwyn Raab, foreword by Nicholas Pileggi. Scribners, $22 (320p) ISBN 0-684-19568-2 Sure to be widely discussed, this is the autobiography of Florida attorney Ragano who convinced himself that mafia...

Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest for Wholeness.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... JOURNEY OF THE ADOPTED SELF: A Quest for Wholeness Betty Jean Lifton. Basic, $22 (336p) ISBN 0-465-00811-9 Lifton has written before on this highly charged subject (Lost and Found and Twice Born: Memoirs of an Adopted Daughter), but...

Florence Lathrop Page: A Biography.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... FLORENCE LATHROP PAGE: A Biography Philip J. Funigiello. Univ. Press of Virginia, $29.95 (320p) ISBN 0-8139-1489-2 Chicago socialite Page (1858-1921) exemplified the changes, that occurred as Victorianism gave way to the modem...

The Rice Room: Growing up Chinese American - From Number Two Son to Rock and Roll.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... THE RICE ROOM: Growing Up Chinese American--From Number Two Son to Rock and Roll Ben Fong-Torres. Hyperion, $22.95 (272p) ISBN 0-7868-6002-2 As a writer and editor for Rolling Stone, Fong-Torres was both witness to and active...

Urban Sanctuaries: Neighborhood Organizations in the Lives and Futures of Inner-City Youth.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... URBAN SANCTUARIES: Neighborhood Organizations in the Lives and Futures of Inner-City Youth Milbrey W. McLaughlin, Metira A. Irby, Juliet Langroan. Jossey-Bass, $23 (248p) ISBN 1-55542-599-2 Drawing on a five-year study funded by...

Apocalypse: On the Psychology of Fundamentalism in America.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... APOCALYPSE: On the Psychology of Fundamentalism in America Charles B. Strozier. Beacon, $25 (304p) ISBN 0-8070-1226-2 Stozier, a psychoanalyst and a history professor at John Jay College, City University of New York, writes about those...

Warren Beatty: The Last Great Lover of Hollywood.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... WARREN BEATTY: The Last Great Lover of Hollywood John Parker. Carroll & Graf, $21 (352p) ISBN 0-7867-0072-6 Beatty got his big breaks in the late 1950s when playwright William Inge wrote A Loss of Roses for him and Elia Kazan cast him...

Paratrooper: The Life of Gen. James M. Gavin.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... PARATROOPER: The Life of Gen. James M. Gavin T. Michael Booth and Duncan Spencer. Simon & Schuster, $27.50 (528p) ISBN 0-671-73226-9 "Jumpin' Jim" Gavin (1909-1990) is best remembered as the intrepid commander of the 82nd Airborne Divison...

Ultimate Journey.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... ULTIMATE JOURNEY Robert A. Monroe. Doubleday, $22 (320p) ISBN 0-385-47207-2 Using geographical terms, Monroe (Journeys out of the Body) continues his task as guide to "innumerable people" who are fearful of out-of-body experiences...

Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.: A Biography.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... JUSTICE LEWIS F. POWELL, JR.: A Biography John C. Jeffries Jr. Scribners, $30 (736p) ISBN 0-684-19450-3 The cooperation of Powell and his Supreme Court colleagues lends credibility to this judicious biography by one of his former law...

Ancient Land: Sacred Whale: The Inuit Hunt and Its Rituals.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... ANCIENT LAND: SACRED WHALE: The Inuit Hunt and Its Rituals Tom Lowenstein. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $20 (192p) ISBN 0-374-10497-2 British poet and ethnographer Lowenstein has done research among the Tikigaq people of Point Hope,...

Adverse Reactions: How Much Is Known and How Much Is Knowable About the Drugs We Take.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... ADVERSE REACTIONS How Much Is Known and How Much Is Knowable AbOut the Drugs We Take Thomas Meader. Morrow, $25 (480p) ISBN 0-688-11682-5 "No drug is completely safe," cautions medical writer Meader (Children of Psychiatrists) in...

Paper Trail.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... PAPER TRAIL Michael Dorris. HarperCollins, $22 (384p) ISBN 0-06-016971-0 In essays previously published during the 1980s and '90s in newspapers and such magazines as Family Circle and Booklist, Dorris thoughtfully considers matters...

Positive Plus: The Practical Plan for Liking Yourself Better.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... POSITIVE PLUS: The Practical Plan for Liking Yourself Better Joyce Brothers. Putnam, $22.95 (256p) ISBN 0-399-13937-0 TV psychologist and bestselling author Brothers (What Enemy Woman Should Know About Men) here outlines methods...

Paper Tigers: The Latest, Greatest Newspaper Tycoons and How They Won the World.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... PAPER TIGERS: The Latest, Greatest Newspaper Tycoons and How They Won the World Nicholas Coleridge. Birch Lane, $24.95 (608p) ISBN 1-55972-215-0 Readers should note the word "Tycoons" in the subtitle, for Coleridge's book deals...

Zlata's Dairy.
February 21, 1994... * ZLATA'S DAIRY Zlata Filipovic, translated by Christina Pribichevich-Zoric. Viking, $16.95 (220p) ISBN 0-670-85724-6 A graphic firsthand look at the war in Sarajevo by a Croatian girl whose personal world has collapsed, this vivid,...

Inside the Art World: Conversations with Barbaralee Diamonstein.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... INSIDE THE ART WORLD: Conversations With Barbaralee Diamonstein Barbaralee Diamonstein. Rizzoli, $39.95 (280p) ISBN 0-8478-1744-X Kinetically illustrated with multiple photos of each interviewee, these conversations with 37 artists,...

Piero Della Francesca: San Francesco, Arezzo.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA: SAN FRANCESCO, AREZZO Marilyn Aronberg Lavin. Brazillet, $23.50 (112p) ISBN 0-8076-1317-7 Italian Renaissance painter Piero della Franeesea combined deep humanism and passionate faith in his most famous fresco...

Nightwork.
February 21, 1994... NIGHTWORK Anne Allison. Univ. of Chicago, $14.95 (256p) ISBN 0-226-01487-8; cloth $37 -5-1 Japanese companies pay hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to hostess clubs that provide certain employees a release from job...

Between Friends.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... BETWEEN FRIENDS Edited by Mickey Pearlman. Houghton Mifflin, $12.95 (251p) ISBN 0-395-65784-9; cloth $21.95 -65785-7 The editor of A Voice of One's Own and Listen to Their Voices here assembles a winning collection of 20 original...

In the Shadow of Denali: Life and Death on Alaska's Mt. McKinley.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... IN THE SHADOW OF DENALI: Life and Death on Alaska's Mt. McKinley Jonathan Waterman. Dell/Laurel, $5.99 (272p) ISBN 0-440-21530-7 Veteran mountaineer Waterman (High Alaska) here offers a series of essays about his relationship with a...

Return of the Straight Dope.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... RETURN OF THE STRAIGHT DOPE Cecil Adams. Ballantine, $10 ISBN 0-34 5-38111-4 Cecil (as he refers to himself) is clearly a man with access to many databases; he's an entertaining know-it-all, full of peculiar and often fascinating...

America: Who Really Pays the Taxes?(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... * AMERICA: WHO REALLY PAYS THE TAXES? Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele. Touchstone, $9.95 ISBN 0-671-87157-9 For readers who have ever had the sneaking suspicion that they're being shafted, the latest book from this Pulitzer...

One Particular Harbor.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... ONE PARTICULAR HARBOR Janet Lee James. Noble, $13.95 ISBN 1-879360-30-6 First-time author James offers the story of her life, a life spent struggling with multiple selerosis, in clear and startling detail. Fresh out of college, she...

Joker, Joker, Deuce.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... JOKER, JOKER, DEUCE Paul Beatty. Penguin, $12.95 ISBN 0-14-058723-3 Poet and performance artist Beatty's (Big Bank Take Little Bank) second collection is obviously meant to be performed: the long poems read like a course in pop...

Death: The High Cost of Living.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... DEATH: The High Cost of Living Written by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Chris Bachalo, Mark Buckingham, Dave McKean. DC Comics/Vertigo, $19.95 ISBN 1-56389-133-6 The High Cost of Living is a continuation of Harvey Award-winning fantasy...

The Best of Drawn and Quarterly.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... THE BEST OF DRAWN AND QUARTERLY Edited by Chris Oliveros, Marina Lesenko, Steve' olomos. Drawn & Quarterly, $10.95 ISBN 0-9696701-4-1 Canadian comics publisher Drawn & Quarterly has distinguished itself during its four years of...

Lord of Raven's Peak.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... LORD OF RAVEN'S PEAK Catherine Coulter. Jove, $5.99 ISBN 0-515-11351-4 Merrik Haraldsson, younger brother of Rorik, the here of Coulters first Viking novel, Lord of Hawkfell Island, buys a young slave boy, Taby, in a Kiev slave market....

Pacific Coast Highway.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY Stephen Smoke. HarperPaperbacks, $4.99 ISBN 0-06-104272-2 When billionaire Jamison Sanford suspects foul play in the highway hit-and-run death of his young wife Barbara, he turns to neighbor Derek Cheney, the...

The Candy Vendor's Boy: And Other Stories.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... * THE CANDY VENDOR'S BOY And Other Stories Beatriz de la Garza. Arte Publico, $9.95 ISBN 1-55885-106-2 Issues of identity, cultural alienation and racism pervade this powerful first collection of stories by Chicana attorney de la...

African Rhapsody: Short Stories of the Contemporary African Experience.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... AFRICAN RHAPSODY: Short Stories of the Contemporary African Experience Edited by Nadezda Obradovic, foreword by Chinua Achebe. Anchor, $12.95 ISBN 0-385-46816-4 Obradovic gathers fascinating and illuminating stories, told and...

Nothing Personal.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... NOTHING PERSONAL Eileen Dreyer. HarperPaperbaeks, $5.50 (464p) ISBN 0-06-104265-X Toward the end of this overlong whodunit about the murders of St. Louis medical practitioners, Dreyer's protagonist perceives the obvious:...

Green Mars.(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... GREEN MARS Kim Stanley Robinson. Bantam/Spectra, $12.95 (552p) ISBN 0-553-37335-8; cloth $22.95 -09640-0 The sequel to Red Mars details an early 22nd-century Mars controlled by Earth's metanationals, gigantic corporations intent on...

The Hobyahs.(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... THE HOBYAHS Robert D. San Souci, illustrated by Alexi Natchev. Doubleday, $14.95 (32p) ISBN 0-385-30984-1 In this unsettling tale a motley pack of dogs protects an elderly couple and a small girl by scaring off a band of encroaching...

My Little Rabbit Tale.(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... MY LITTLE RABBIT TALE Sue Porter. Dotling Kindersley, $13.95 (32p) ISBN 1-56458-339-2 With its chipper text running sideways up the left page, across the top of each spread, down the right page and across the bottom (but not...

Bein' with You This Way.(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... BEIN' WITH YOU THIS WAY W. Nikola-Lisa, illustrated by Michaelbryant. Lee & Low, $14.95 (32p) ISBN 1-880000-05-9 In an urban park, a friendly African American girl urges her young playmates to snap their fingers, tap their toes and...

Mole's Hill.(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
February 21, 1994... * MOLE'S HILL Lois Ehlert. Harcourt, $14.95 (32p) ISBN 0-15-255116-6 Inspired by a Seneca tale, this is a whimsical story of overcoming the might of an adversary through ingenuity. Fox, irritated at having to walk around Mole's hill,...