
BOOK REVIEWS
The Dead Mountaineer’s Inn by Boris & Arkady Strugatsky
Sci-fi writers turn to detective fiction
Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel
An extraordinary Venus fly trap of a novel; enter at your peril
The Office of Gardens and Ponds by Didier Decoin
When her husband drowns, impoverished widow Miyuki undertakes a hazardous journey.