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New book reveals the fatherly side of Buzz Bissinger

PHILADELPHIA - Buzz Bissinger has already called someone a moron on Twitter this day, but really, the virtuosic vitriol that has characterized his Twitter feed has been somewhat subdued lately.
Paging through mysteries: Crime fiction writers may die, but the cases live on

This month I'm wondering if crime fiction is the only genre where writers die and their characters keep solving murders without them. Last summer Jeffery Deaver continued Bond's covert activities in "Carte Blanche," Anthony Horowitz kept the game afoot with Holmes and Watson in "The House of Silk," and now Ace Atkins has taken up Spenser's sword in Robert Parker's "Lullaby" (Putnam, $26.95) released at the same time as Atkins' own "The Lost Ones" (Putnam, $25.95).
Riveting account of how Cromwell brought down Anne Boleyn

-"Bring Up the Bodies," by Hilary Mantel; John Macrae/Henry Holt (432 pages, $28).
A 'Gossip Girl' in Henry VIII's court

-"Gilt, by Katherine Longshore; Penguin (416 pages, $17.99, ages 12 and up)
Theroux relies on stale tropes in new novel of Westerner's flight to Africa

-"The Lower River," by Paul Theroux; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (336 pages, $25)
Hungry for more about food critic's life

-"The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat," by Thomas McNamee; Free Press (339 pages, $27)
The tricky dance of art and intimacy

-"Are You My Mother: A Comic Drama," by Alison Bechdel; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (290 pages, $22)
Author sheds light on Ozarks stereotype

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Most everyone from this part of the country knows the rugged beauty of the Ozarks.
'Curious George' publisher Houghton Mifflin files for bankruptcy

LOS ANGELES - Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday but expects to emerge from restructuring by the end of June.
John Grisham's 'Calico Joe': Hitting for average

"Calico Joe" by John Grisham; Doubleday (198 pages, $24.95)