Maureen Corrigan

Commentator Maureen Corrigan on the return of the "dirty" book: Robert Olen Butler's "They Whisper" (Henry Holt) and Nicholson Baker's "The Fermata"

Commentator Maureen Corrigan reviews "Irrawaddy Tango," by Burmese novelist Wendy Law-Yone.

Commentator Maureen Corrigan reviews "The Partisan" (Atheneum) by Benjamin Cheever.

Commentator Maureen Corrigan tells us about her trip to the auto show.

Commentator Maureen Corrigan reviews "French Lessons," by Alice Kaplan.

Maureen Corrigan reviews "A Very Long Engagement," by French novelist Sebastien Japrisot.

Maureen Corrigan reviews Wendy Lesser's book, "Pictures at an Execution," looking at why we are fascinated with murder.

Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Jacqueline Deval's new book, "Reckless Appetites" (Ecco).

Maureen Corrigan reviews novelist E.L. Doctorow's first book of essays, entitled "Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution."

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews two sequels to literary classics, "Sherlock Holmes" and "Pride and Prejudice".