Brief, unauthorized biographies by cartoonist Edward Sorel of ten larger-than-life literary figures: Tolstoy, Sartre, Eliot, Proust, Yeats, Brecht, Jung, Rand, Mailer, and Hellman. The scathing effect of this quick read is best described in an introduction from E.L. Doctorow: "never have authors of such magnitude been so casually eviscerated." Bloomsbury, 2006. Retail $14.95 (paper). Availability: Usually ships in 5-7 business days. 159691064X$9.95 33 Irving Place, New York New York 10003 212-209-5400 http://www.thenation.com Copyright © 2008 The Nation