John Leonard

Book critic John Leonard reviews "Talking To High Monks In The Snow," Lydia Minatoya's memoir of growing up a Japanese American (It's published by Harper Collins).

Book critic John Leonard reviews "Outerbridge Reach," by Robert Stone.

Book critic John Leonard reviews "The Spyglass Tree" (published by Pantheon) the new novel by Albert Murray. It's the sequel to his critically acclaimed book, "Train Whistle Guitar."

Book critic John Leonard reviews "The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception," by Michael Baigent ("baa-gent") and Richard Leigh. The authors contend that the interpretation of the scrolls has been deliberately slowed by scholars that want to protect their religious views. (It's published by Summit Books).

Book critic John Leonard reviews "To The End of Time," by former Time magazine journalist and executive Richard Clurman. The book is an account of the big stakes merger between Time Inc and Warner Communications.

Book critic John Leonard reviews "Sleepwalker In A Fog," the new collection of stories by Russian writer Tatyana Tolstaya (tot-yah-nah toll-STOY-yah). It's published by Knopf).

Book critic John Leonard on "Professors, Politics, and Pop," a new book of essays on campus politics and pop culture by journalist Jon Wiener.

Book critic John Leonard reviews "The Devil's Candy," Wall Street Journal reporter Julie Salamon's account of the making of the movie, "The Bonfire of The Vanities."

Book critic John Leonard reviews "On Mozart," by Anthony Burgess. It's a surreal novel about the composer Mozart. (published by Ticknor & Fields).

Book critic John Leonard reviews the novel "Eve's Tattoo," by Emily Praeger. ('pray-gerr"). It's published by Random House.