Catch-22

Heller's classic. Book-a-day calendar states that today, 10 November, is the 50th anniversary of the book's publication. It adds that "The Modern Library ranked Catch-22 number seven in its list of the 100 greatest novels of the 20th century."

a Sudanese "Lost Boy"

Eggers, Dave. (2007). What is the what: the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng. San Francisco: McSweeney's.

Booklist: does what a novel does best, which is to make us understand the deeper truths of another human being's experience.

A Covert Affair: The Adventures of Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS

Due out April 5.

The second son

Rabb, J., (2011). The Second Son. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux.