Word: scribner
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...features a famously reclusive author named Bill Gray who finally goes public, with unhappy consequences. Now DeLillo, not a recluse but visibly wary in the presence of cameras and interviewers, stands braced to face a lot of both during a seven-city tour to promote his new novel, Underworld (Scribner; 827 pages; $27.50). "My publisher has worked very hard on this book," he says, explaining his willingness to go on the road. "I do feel I'm entering some self-replicating white space, where the distinction between working and living has been erased." Reminded of what happened--of what...
...tell-all." South will help Patti LaBelle, who was been known to rustle up a mean meal on the road, dish out her culinary secrets next year. Even a reed-thin celebrity who was never seen in an apron will do. Or at least her cook will. Scribner's most recent deal is with Jackie Onassis' chef of 25 years, Marta Sgubin, whose book will also be coming out next year. One celeb with a full menu is Sarah Ferguson, whose cookbook will reach stores in January. But don't bother salivating over such dishes as Pear-Port Quickbread, Roast...
...Adjusted for inflation Adapted from MONEY; Who Has How Much and Why by Andrew Hacker; published by Scribner; (c) 1997 by Andrew Hacker. All rights reserved...
Hokeyness, though, is a prime ingredient for a successful beach book, and it rears its head in another Grishamesque page turner: Likely to Die (Scribner; 393 pages; $24), a novel about a murdered neurosurgeon written by Manhattan sex-crimes prosecutor Linda Fairstein. Where else will you find the line "In your dreams, Blondie. In your dreams...
...that animation has been recognized as art, it's time to remember that it has always been big business, bad business--Serious Business, to borrow the title of a helpful cartoon history by Stefan Kanfer, a former TIME film critic and senior editor. (The book is published by Scribner, which, oddly enough, has no cartoon division.) From the Jones, Canemaker and Kanfer works emerges a picture of the industry that might have been painted not by Disney but by Goya. It's compelling and instructive, and it ain't pretty...