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Book critic John Leonard reviews Anthills of the Savannah, a novel by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe.
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Book critic John Leonard reviews The Trial of Socrates, by the journalist and social critic I.F.Stone.

Book critic John Leonard reviews The Year of the Barricades: A Journey Through 1968 by the English journalist and historian David Caute.

Book critic John Leonard reviews Woodcutters, a novel by the Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard.

Book critic John Leonard reviews Mothers of Invention, a book about the the unrecognized role women had in the technological breakthroughs of the modern era. The authors are Ethlie Ann Vare and Greg Ptacek.

Book critic John Leonard reviews Downriver by Loren D. Estleman, the new mystery novel, the eighth in a series, featuring Amos Walker.

Book critic John Leonard reviews a collection of essays by Primo Levi.

Film Critic Stephen Schiff reviews "Ironweed" based on the novel by William Kennedy. It stars Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson and Carol Baker.

Book Critic John Leonard reviews The Western Lands, the new novel by William Burroughs, author of Naked Lunch and Nova Express.

Book Critic John Leonard reviews 2061, the latest science fiction novel from Arthur C. Clarke.