Inside this November's issue of BookPage

November 2002
In This Issue

FIRST PERSON
November BookPage interviews:

Donna Tartt: Ten years after her wildly popular debut novel, The Secret History, the literary phenom returns

Departing from the edgy tone of The Secret History, The Little Friend has a prose style bespeaking Tartt's own fondness for 19th century literature. The difference is deliberate. Even a decade after her first book's publication, Tartt, who's said she'd rather spend the rest of her life reading than write another book, felt the pressure of second novel syndrome. "I found the best way of coping with it was to write a completely different kind of novel, different use of language and diction, different narrative technique, different approaches to story."

Margaret MacMillan: The great-granddaughter of David Lloyd George examines the Paris peace talks of 1919

By redrawing national boundaries and stirring up ancient hatreds, the 1919 Paris peace conference—for all its good effects—set in motion hostilities that still rage today. The complex story is sorted out and eloquently told by Margaret MacMillan in Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed The World. First published in England as The Peacemakers, the book has already won several awards and critical acclaim on the other side of the Atlantic.

Legends of the Fall author Jim Harrison looks back at his wild ride

Meet David Shannon

FEATURES

SPOTLIGHT: Find a preview of tempting titles for the holiday shopping season in our Gift Gallery

Well Read: Columnist Robert Weibezahl on Tim O'Brien's wistful look at '60s survivors

Behind the Book: Richard Paul Evans reveals the inspiration for his latest novel, The Last Promise

Choice Cuts: Food writing is on the menu

FICTION

Domino by Ross King

The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor

The Seven Sisters by Margaret Drabble

The Fool's Journey by Lynn Miller

SCIENCE FICTION

The Fall of the Kings by Delia Sherman and Ellen Kushner

NIght Watch by Terry Pratchett

Little Doors by Paul De Filippo

BOOK CLUBS

Selections in new paperback releases

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

A celebration of native ways during a season of plenty:
Broken Feathers by Verla Kay
We Are the Many by Doreen Rappaport
Bears Make Rock Soup by Lise Erdrich
The Winter People by Joseph Bruchac

Eloise Takes a Bawth by Kay Thompson

Summerland by Michael Chabon

Smack Dab in the Middle by Anita Riggio

City of the Beasts by Isabelle Allende

Rap A Tap Tap by Leo and Diane Dillon

Abarat by Clive Barker

NONFICTION

Clothes
Uniforms by Paul Fussell

Current Events
The Lion's Grave by Jon Lee Anderson

History
The Secret Plot to Save the Tsar by Shay McNeal

Elmer McCurdy by Mark Svenvold

Sports
The Greatest Game Ever Played by Mark Frost

All That Jazz
So What by John Szwed