Roth Unbound

A fitting capstone to Philip Roth’s recent retirement, Pierpont’s insightful overview captures not only the journalistic details of Roth’s life and literary output, but also the essential story-telling and truth-telling genius that characterized his...

The Last Banquet

A man who has an insatiable quest to taste every flavor in existence is the engaging protagonist of this sensuous novel set against the backdrop of the French Enlightenment.

Cronkite’s Secret

November 4:  “I think it’s because he looks like everybody’s dentist. Both his father and grandfather were dentists, you know.”