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Books: Editors’ Choice

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FICTION:

A Bend in the River, V.S. Naipaul ∙ Mirabell: Books of Number, James Merrill ∙ Sleepless Nights, Elizabeth Hardwick Sophie’s Choice, William Styron Testimony and Demeanor, John Casey ∙ The Living End, Stanley Elkin ∙ Wild Oats, Jacob Epstein

NONFICTION:

Bay of Pigs, Peter Wyden ∙ Billy Graham, Marshall Frady ∙ Blood of Spain, Ronald Fraser ∙ Confession and Avoidance, Leon Jaworski ∙ The Medusa and the Snail, Lewis Thomas ∙ The Powers That Be, David Halberstam ∙ To Set the Record Straight, John J. Sirica

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