Khaled Hosseini's second effort outstrips his best-selling first novel, delving into pained father-son ties.
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Cool Venice
The city of the Doges now caters to non-Venetians, so go in winter to dodge mob rule.
Vibrator
Mari Akasaka's novel is a literary road movie about two people who find themselves (literally) in a truck.
Campania felix
The kaleidoscopic brilliance of the Amalfi Coast is not just a summertime phenomenon.
Philosophy Made Simple
Robert Hellenga takes a narrator from a previous book and gets her to tell his Italo-Texan story.
Andrea Bargnani
Andrea Bargnani is the first Italian to reap the full benefits of basketball globalization.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer does 9/11 in his idiosyncratic way — using a boy called Oscar and a mobile phone that goes dead.
Don’t forget Lazio
Wines from Lazio, whose capital is Rome, don't get the attention they deserve.
My Father’s Secret War
Lucinda Franks can't escape the maudlin in recalling her father's time as an American spy.
The Moby Of Moo
Tuscan Chianina is a far cry from slim, soggy specimens that often line supermarket shelves.
Beethoven
Maynard Solomon's biography dispenses with music theory to portray a genius unable to rise above personal torment.
Waste makes waste
Spoleto officials have yet to provide recycling bins for its residents.