Bookish: Messages That Linger (8#) -

TV producer and novelist Stephen J Cannell of The Rockford Files has died. I was captivated by the messages left on private detective Jim Rockford's answering machine. Thanks for the memories, SJC. You will be missed.

# UFOs: A chat about Mirage Men
by Mark Pilkington with Steve Greenlee.

#Christopher Fowler brings us
startling visual news of Venice.

# Nemesis by Philip Roth:

:: Review by Martin Rubin ::

:: Review by Susanna Sonnenberg ::

# New Yorker Festival Blog

# The Frankfurt Book Fair Blog

# British Conservative Party politician David Lidington, who is a Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, has issued a YouTube appeal on behalf of Hossein Derakhshan.

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