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A copy editor recounts his obsession with perfection.

The reform school at the center of Whitehead���s new novel (his first since ���The Underground Railroad���) is more like a prison where the inmates are brutalized and even killed.

The reform school at the center of Whitehead’s new novel (his first since “The Underground Railroad”) is more like a prison where the inmates are brutalized and even killed.

Hallberg’s first novel is a Dickens-size descent into New York City circa 1976-77.

Hallberg���s first novel is a Dickens-size descent into New York City circa 1976-77.

“The Invisible Bridge,” Rick Perlstein’s panoramic third volume about the rise of the modern conservative movement in America, covers the span of 1973 to 1976.

���The Invisible Bridge,��� Rick Perlstein���s panoramic third volume about the rise of the modern conservative movement in America, covers the span of 1973 to 1976.

This battle, ostensibly over the deficit, is so much larger than the sum of its line-item parts.

The Republicans are adrift with a shortfall of substance, offering the president a golden chance to seize the moment.

���The Age of Movies��� and ���Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark��� chronicle the life and career of the movie critic who transformed the sensibility and standards of mainstream pop culture criticism in America.