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An unhappy woman discovers a distressing secret in Patrick McGrath’s novel.    

Changes to the best-seller lists and this column, Open Book, are new to the Book Review.    

The Islamic group Hamas runs the Gaza Strip and controls the police force. A number of young men say police plucked them from the street and shaved their heads recently, apparently because the officers didn't approve of their hairstyles.

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Shug McGaughey is the trainer of Kentucky Derby winner Orb, who runs Saturday in the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown. Despite his long record of success, no one seems as surprised as the 62-year-old McGaughey to be pursuing one of the sport's top honors.

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A reader responds to a recent essay by Andrea Wulf.    

A reader responds to a recent review of T. D. Allman’s “Finding Florida.”    

A reader responds to a recent essay by Sandra Beasley.    

A reader responds to a recent review of Randall B. Woods’s “Shadow Warrior.”    

Readers respond to a recent review of Willa Cather’s letters.    

In Helene Wecker’s novel, two folkloric creatures emerge onto the streets of 1899 New York.    

The author of “Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies” prefers books with action: “I don’t like overrefinement, or to dwell in the heads of vaporous ladies with fine sensibilities.”