THE BIG FELLA: Babe Ruth and the World He Created, by Jane Leavy. (Harper Perennial, $18.99.) Our reviewer, John Swansburg, said Leavy “captures Ruth’s outsize influence on American sport and culture.”IDENTITY: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment, by Francis Fukuyama. Our reviewer, Anand Giridharadas, called it a “smart, crisp book.”THE COLLECTED NOVELS OF CHARLES WRIGHT: “The Messenger,” “The Wig,” and “Absolutely Nothing to Get Alarmed About.” (Harper Perennial, $17.99.) Wright’s groundbreaking trilogy about the down-and-out New York City life of a solitary, working-class intellectual originally came out between 1963 and 1973.

Source: International New York Times October 04, 2019 09:00 UTC