John Leonard

Book critic John Leonard reviews "Chinese Roundabout: Essays in History and Culture," by Jonathan D. Spence. Leonard says it's an improvisatory and obsessive take on the China and the way Westerners look at it.

Book critic John Leonard reviews Alice Walker's new novel, "Possessing the Secret of Joy," (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich).

Book critic John Leonard reviews "The Saturday Morning Murder," by Israeli writer Batya Goor.

Book critic John Leonard reviews "The Secret Defector," the new novel by Clancy Sigal.

Book critic John Leonard reviews "After Henry," a new collection of essays by Joan Didion.

Book critic John Leonard reviews "New York in the Fifties," a new memoir by Dan Wakefield. (Published by Houghton Mifflin)

Book critic John Leonard reviews "Monday's Warriors" by Maurice Shadbolt, about Maoris fighting the British Imperialists in New Zealand. (published by David Godine)

Book critic John Leonard reviews Studs Terkel's new book, "Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsession." (The New Press)

Book critic John Leonard reviews the long-awaited new book by Toni Morrison, "Jazz."

Book critic John Leonard reviews, "How We Survived Communism," by Yugoslavian critic and feminist Slavenka Drakulic. (Slah-VENKA Drah-COOL-ITCH).