John Leonard

Book critic John Leonard reviews Philip Roth's new book, called "Deception."

Book critic John Leonard reviews presidential speechwriter Peggy Noonan's book "What I Saw At the Revolution" about her experiences writing speeches for Ronald Reagan and George Bush. Some of their most memorable lines, like "Read my lips" and "A thousand points of light" were written by Noonan. (Published by Random House).

Book critic John Leonard reviews economist John Kenneth Galbraith's first novel in 22 years.

Book critic John Leonard reviews Ann Beattie's new novel, "Picturing Will." (It's published by Random House).

Book critic John Leonard reviews "Daddy, We Hardly Knew You." It's writer Germaine Greer's memoir of her father. He spent the first 5 years of her life away in the Australian Air force during World War 2. Upon his return, and until his death in 1983, he was quiet, distant, and would never talk about the war. This book is both Greer's memories of her father's life, and her investigation into what he did during those missing five years.

Book Critic John Leonard reviews the book, "The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance" by Henry Petroski.

Book critic John Leonard reviews two new mysteries, "The Good Fight," by Lia Matera, and "Devices and Desires" by P.D. James.

Book critic John Leonard reviews Thomas Pynchon's "Vineland", the first novel in over fifteen years from the author of "V" and "Gravity's Rainbow."

Book critic John Leonard reviews "Goodnight!," by Soviet novelist Andrei Sinyavsky (AHN-dray Sin-YAV-skee). Sinyavsky was the first writer in the Soviet union to be convicted for the opinions voiced by his imaginary characters, and the book straddles the line between fiction and non-fiction as it tells the story of Sinyavsky and his alter ego/pseudonym, Abram Tertz.

Book critic John Leonard reviews "Easter Island, The Mystery Solved," by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl.