This Week in Calendar

Edward Humes reviews “The Soloist” by Steve Lopez.

Regina Marler reviews “The Resurrectionist,” a novel by Jack O’Connell.

Tim Rutten reviews “Reappraisals” by Tony Judt.

The following reviews are scheduled:

Susan King reviews “Home” by Julie Andrews.

Stephanie Hanson reviews “The Translator” by Daoud Hari.

Erika Schickel reviews “Farewell, My Subaru” by Doug Fine.

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On the Web

In Astral Weeks, Ed Park writes about a young hacker in Cory Doctorow’s novel “Little Brother” (a title indebted to George Orwell’s “1984”) who uses techno-geek wizardry to defend himself when he’s targeted as an enemy of the state after a terrorist attack. This thriller reads in spots like a gizmo tutorial, but Park notes that it also captures “the human aura shimmering around technology.”