THE SOURCE OF SELF-REGARD: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations, by Toni Morrison. (Vintage, $16.95.) “Morrison, quietly and without ceremony, lays another gem at our feet,” James McBride wrote in these pages. The protagonist of this debut is an orphan born in the violent aftermath of Zimbabwe’s war for independence. This horror thriller by the Scottish novelist Russell is set in 1935 Czechoslovakia, where a psychiatrist pursues an experimental treatment on six patients, all notorious killers.

Source: International New York Times January 16, 2020 22:40 UTC