In SHORT

Gay Talese peeps into The Voyeur's Motel (Grove). Deborah Levy'sHot Milk (Bloomsbury USA) simmers. Mark Hannah and Bob Staake refute Obama critics in The Best "Worst President" (Dey Street). Steve Miller rides shotgun in Jugga/o (Da Capo). Comedian Dave Holmes'sParty of One (Crown Archetype) rocks. City of Sedition (Twelve), by John Strausbaugh, illuminates old New York. Hilary Liftin has the scoop in Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper (Viking). Some Enchanted Evenings (St. Martin's), by David Kaufman, recalls Broadway's heyday. Deborah Berke'sHouse Rules (Rizzoli) is a blueprint for design. Amy Whitaker offers career advice in Art Thinking (Harper Business). Witness the demise of Iran's last Shah in Andrew Scott Cooper'sThe Fall of Heaven (Henry Holt).

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