The New York Times Book Review - USA (2020-08-09)

4 SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2020

YES, I CAN SAY THAT: WHEN THEY COME FOR THE COMEDI-

ANS, WE ARE ALL IN TROUBLE, by Judy Gold, read by

the author. (HarperAudio.) The veteran hu-

morist defends comedy and its creators, from

Samantha Bee to Nimesh Patel to Michelle

Wolf, against all who would censor them.

MEMOIRS AND MISINFORMATION, by Jim Carrey and

Dana Vachon, read by Jeff Daniels. (Random

House Audio.) This semiautobiographical

novel — starring Carrey and Nic Cage in a

story about everything wrong with Hollywood

— is read by his “Dumb & Dumber” co-star.

CHILDHOOD INTERRUPTED: RAISING KIDS DURING A PAN-

DEMIC, by Sanjay Gupta, read by the author.

(Audible.) The neurosurgeon, CNN medical

correspondent and father of three shares the

trials (and rewards) of raising adolescents in

2020.

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, by Joan Didion,

read by Vanessa Redgrave. (Audible.) The ac-

tor performs a one-woman theater adaptation

of Didion’s National Book Award-winning

2005 memoir of losing and grieving her hus-

band, John Gregory Dunne.

IS RAPE A CRIME? A MEMOIR, AN INVESTIGATION, AND A MAN-

IFESTO, by Michelle Bowdler, read by Gabra Za-

ckman. (Macmillan Audio.) In her first book,

the public health expert and social justice ad-

vocate reviews how American society has

viewed, responded to and prosecuted sexual

violence in the last several decades.

For reporters in Washington, the last three

years have presented many plot twists. One of

the twistiest has been President Trump’s trade

war with China, in which our real estate devel-

oper in chief wielded brash negotiating tactics

to shake down the world’s second-largest econ-

omy as he would any New York-area carpet

subcontractor. SUPERPOWER SHOWDOWN: HOW THE BATTLE BETWEEN TRUMP

AND XI THREATENS A NEW COLD WARdetails a multiyear fight in which both

countries came out bruised. Trump, a self-proclaimed “Tariff

Man,” lurches from escalation to détente and back. The Chinese

plot their own return to greatness while steadily approving trade-

marks for Ivanka Trump-branded day care centers as a gesture of

good will. The book, by the formidable Wall Street Journal report-

ers Bob Davis and Lingling Wei, shows how fragile the truce be-

tween the countries is, and how close they are to a more devastat-

ing conflict. Its keen reporting suggests their destinies are more

shared than either would like to admit.

—ANA SWANSON, TRADE REPORTER

New & Noteworthy/Audio

WHAT WE’RE READING

REFLECTIONS, MEMORIES,

CONFESSIONS

With more than 600 photographs

“HONEST, COMPELLING,

INTRIGUING.”

—DAN W. LUFKIN, Founder, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette

The acclaimed play, The Lehman Trilogy,

features Mayer Lehman, John Loeb’s great-grandfather.

Discover the remarkable history of the entire Lehman family

in John’s comprehensive and beautifully illustrated memoir.

View the exclusive footage of John’s extraordinary 75th

birthday celebration at Blenheim Palace on the bonus

DVD, along with historic coverage of the event, and read

David Patrick Columbia’s review of the party on page 647.

For more details, go to ambassadorloeb.com.

HARDCOVER $29.99 and EBOOK $8.99

available from AMAZON, BARNES & NOBLE, and APPLE BOOKS

JOHN L. LOEB JR.JOHN L. LOEB JR.

AMBASSADOR,

CHAIRMAN, WINSTON CHURCHILL FOUNDATION, U.S.A

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