Maureen Corrigan

Critic Maureen Corrigan gives us her recommendations for books for the gift-giving season.

Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the new novel by South African writer Andre Brink. It is titled "Imaginings of Sand." Brink first made a name for himself in the 1960s as one of a new generation of African writers who wanted their work to be more politically outspoken.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the Canadian author's new crime novel "Alias Grace," published by Doubleday.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews "Fragments," the new memoir by Binjamin Wilkomirski about being a child of the Holocaust.

Book Critic Maureen Corrigan considers Shakespeare's re-emergence on the silver screen. Three Shakespeare movies will be out by Christmas.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan considers "The Rules: Time-tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right" by Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider, and wonders how literary heroines may have fared had they followed the authors' advice.

Book Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the new book by Mona Simpson, about a troubled family living on a commune.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Leaving a Doll's House, a memoir by British actress and Philip Roth's ex-wife Claire Bloom.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews "The Orchard on Fire" by British writer Shena MacKay.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews "Omens of Millennium" by literary critic Harold Bloom. Bloom examines the prophecies and hype around the coming year 2000.