Maureen Corrigan

Book critic Maureen Corrigan gives her summer reading round-up (part one): "Neanderthal," by John Darnton (Random House); "Firestorm," by Nevada Barr (Putnam); "The World at Night," by Alan Furst (Random House); "Ruined By Reading," by Lynne Sharon Schwartz (Beacon).

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Christopher Tilghman's novel "Mason's Retreat."

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews "Last Orders" (Knopf) the new novel by Graham Swift.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews "Sin and Censorship: The Catholic Church and the Motion Picture Industry," by Frank Walsh (Yale Univ. Press).

Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Richard Ford's novel "Independence Day." (REBROADCAST from 6/14/95)

Maureen Corrigan reviews "Kraven Images" (BridgeWorks Books) by Alan Isler.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the new collection of stories by Andre Dubus "Dancing After Hours." (Knopf)

Maureen Corrigan reviews a new novel entitled "Criminals" (Knopf) by the Scottish writer Margot Livesey.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews "Disappearance: A Map," by Sheila Nickerson, a meditation on loss. (Doubleday).

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews "Lieutenant Nun: The Memoir of a Basque Transvestite in the New World" by Catalina De Erauso (published by Beacon).