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  1. [+]
    Agile Among the Tombs (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    The Road to San Giovanni, by Italo Calvino
    1. The Road to San Giovanni by Italo Calvino
    2. Six Memos for the Next Millennium by Italo Calvino
    3. Prima Che tu Dica "Pronto" by Italo Calvino
    The New York Review of Books, July 14, 1994, pp. 14-15
  2. [+]
    Ah, the Fredonna Tree (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    A Certain Lucas, by Julio Cortazar
    1. A Certain Lucas by Julio Cortazar
    2. Heroes Are Grazing in My Garden by Heberto Padilla
    3. A House in the Country by Jose Donoso
    The New York Review of Books, July 18, 1985, pp. 33-35
  3. [+]
    All Mixed Up (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Seven Beauties (1975 Film), by Lina Wertmuller
    1. Seven Beauties (1975 Film) by Lina Wertmuller
    2. Swept Away (1975 Film) by Lina Wertmuller
    3. All Screwed Up (1974 Film) by Lina Wertmuller
    The New York Review of Books, March 18, 1976, pp. 5-9
  4. [+]
    Allen's Alley (4 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    On Being Funny, by Eric Lax
    1. On Being Funny by Eric Lax
    2. Woody Allen: A Biography by Lee Guthrie
    3. Woody Allen's Play It Again, Sam by Richard J. Anobile
    4. Non-Being and Somethingness by Woody Allen
    The New York Review of Books, June 29, 1978, pp. 14-16
  5. America in the Movies (1975)
    Michael Wood
    Or, "Santa Maria, It Had Slipped My Mind!"
    4 Reviews
  6. [+]
    The Art of Losing (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Evening, by Susan Minot
    1. Evening by Susan Minot
    2. Model Behavior by Jay McInerney
    3. The Evolution of Jane by Cathleen Schine
    The New York Review of Books, February 18, 1999, pp. 7-9
  7. [+]
    Austere Fireworks (4 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    The Collected Poems, by Federico Garcia Lorca and Christopher Maurer
    1. The Collected Poems by Federico Garcia Lorca and Christopher Maurer
    2. Four Puppet Plays, Play Without a Title, the Divan Poems and Other Poems, Prose Poems and Dramatic Pieces by Federico Garcia Lorca
    3. Line of Light and Shadow by Mario Hernandez
    4. The House of Bernarda Alba (1992 Film) by Nuria Espert and Stuart Burge
    The New York Review of Books, July 16, 1992, pp. 36-40
  8. [+]
    The Backlands Rebellion (Review)
    Michael Wood
    The War of the End of the World, by Mario Vargas Llosa
    1. The War of the End of the World by Mario Vargas Llosa
    The New York Review of Books, February 28, 1985, pp. 7-8
  9. [+]
    Bangs and Whimpers (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Apocalypse Now (1979 Film), by Francis Ford Coppola
    1. Apocalypse Now (1979 Film) by Francis Ford Coppola
    The New York Review of Books, October 11, 1979, pp. 17-18
  10. [+]
    Beautiful and Damned (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Baudelaire the Damned, by F.W.J. Hemmings
    1. Baudelaire the Damned by F.W.J. Hemmings
    2. Baudelaire's Literary Criticism by Rosemary Lloyd
    3. Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire
    The New York Review of Books, December 2, 1982, pp. 16-20
  11. [+]
    Betrayals (4 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    An Orange Full of Dreams, by Antoni Gronowicz
    1. An Orange Full of Dreams by Antoni Gronowicz
    2. How She Died by Helen Yglesias
    3. Betrayed by Rita Hayworth by Manuel Puig
    4. Leaf Storm and Other Stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    The New York Review of Books, April 6, 1972, pp. 25-27
  12. [+]
    Bleistein and Mr. Eliot (Review)
    Michael Wood
    T.S. Eliot and Prejudice, by Christopher Ricks
    1. T.S. Eliot and Prejudice by Christopher Ricks
    The New York Review of Books, February 15, 1990, pp. 32-35
  13. [+]
    Borges's Surprise! (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Doctor Brodie's Report, by Jorge Luis Borges
    1. Doctor Brodie's Report by Jorge Luis Borges
    2. Selected Poems, 1923-1967 by Jorge Luis Borges and Norman Thomas di Giovanni, ...
    The New York Review of Books, June 1, 1972, pp. 32-33
  14. [+]
    Broken Blossoms (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta, by Mario Vargas Llosa
    1. The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta by Mario Vargas Llosa
    2. Farewell to the Sea by Reinaldo Arenas
    The New York Review of Books, March 27, 1986, pp. 34-37
  15. [+]
    Brunuel's Private Lessons (Review)
    Michael Wood
    That Obscure Object of Desire (1977 Film), by Luis Bunuel
    1. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977 Film) by Luis Bunuel
    The New York Review of Books, February 23, 1978, pp. 39-41
  16. [+]
    Calculated Risks (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Spectral Emanations, by John Hollander
    1. Spectral Emanations by John Hollander
    2. A Call in the Midst of the Crowd by Alfred Corn
    3. The Selected Poems: 1951-1977 by A.R. Ammons
    The New York Review of Books, June 1, 1978, pp. 27-29
  17. Children of Silence (1998)
    Michael Wood
    1 Review
  18. [+]
    The Claims of Mischief (5 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    The Buenos Aires Affair, by Manuel Puig
    1. The Buenos Aires Affair by Manuel Puig
    2. Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig
    3. In Evil Hour by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    4. The Cubs and Other Stories by Mario Vargas Llosa
    5. Captain Pantoja and the Special Service by Mario Vargas Llosa
    The New York Review of Books, January 24, 1980, pp. 43-46
  19. Conquistadors (2000)
    Michael Wood
    1 Review
  20. [+]
    Crying for Attention (4 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Ordinary People, by Judith Guest
    1. Ordinary People by Judith Guest
    2. The 400 Eels of Sigmund Freud by A.G. Mojtabai
    3. The Comatose Kids by Seymour Simckes
    4. The Geek by Craig Nova
    The New York Review of Books, June 10, 1976, pp. 8-10
  21. [+]
    Cunning Time (Review)
    Michael Wood
    The Optimist's Daughter, by Eudora Welty
    1. The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty
    The New York Review of Books, June 29, 1972, pp. 8-9
  22. [+]
    Dancing in the Dark (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    The Vonnegut Statement, by Jerome Klinkowitz and John Somer
    1. The Vonnegut Statement by Jerome Klinkowitz and John Somer
    2. Between Time and Timbuktu by Kurt Vonnegut
    3. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
    The New York Review of Books, May 31, 1973, pp. 23-25
  23. [+]
    Dazzling and Dizzying (4 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Children of the Mire, by Octavio Paz
    1. Children of the Mire by Octavio Paz
    2. Conjunctions and Disjunctions by Octavio Paz
    3. The Bow and the Lyre by Octavio Paz
    4. Early Poems, 1935-1955 by Octavio Paz
    The New York Review of Books, May 16, 1974, pp. 12-15
  24. [+]
    Deconstructing Derrida (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Of Grammatology, by Jacques Derrida
    1. Of Grammatology by Jacques Derrida
    2. Glas by Jacques Derrida
    The New York Review of Books, March 3, 1977, pp. 27-30
  25. [+]
    The Dying Animal (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Memories of My Melancholy Whores, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    1. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    The Nation, December 5, 2005, pp. 51-52
  26. [+]
    Easy Living (Review)
    Michael Wood
    High Cotton, by Darryl Pinckney
    1. High Cotton by Darryl Pinckney
    The New York Review of Books, March 26, 1992, pp. 13-14
  27. [+]
    Elusive Butterfly (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years, by Brian Boyd
    1. Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years by Brian Boyd
    The New Republic, January 20, 1992, pp. 38-41
  28. [+]
    End of the Line (4 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Last Things, by C.P. Snow
    1. Last Things by C.P. Snow
    2. Flats by Rudolph Wurlitzer
    3. Dunford's Travels Everywheres by William Melvin Kelley
    4. Blue Movie by Terry Southern
    The New York Review of Books, March 11, 1971, pp. 41-43
  29. [+]
    Endangered Species (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    The Takeover, by Muriel Spark
    1. The Takeover by Muriel Spark
    2. Sleep It Off, Lady by Jean Rhys
    3. Lovers and Tyrants by Francine du Plessix Gray
    The New York Review of Books, November 11, 1976, pp. 30-32
  30. Books
    [+]
    An Epic in a Whisper (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Hearing Secret Harmonies, by Anthony Powell
    1. Hearing Secret Harmonies by Anthony Powell
    The Saturday Review, April 17, 1976, pp. 30-31
  31. An Epilogue...
    Michael Wood
    Ramparts Magazine, March 1967, p. 50
  32. Etc
    Michael Wood
    Commonweal, December 27, 1968, p. 439
  33. [+]
    Eyes Wide Open (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Why Read the Classics?, by Italo Calvino
    1. Why Read the Classics? by Italo Calvino
    The New York Review of Books, March 9, 2000, pp. 44-47
  34. [+]
    Ezra Pound (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    The Pound Era, by Hugh Kenner
    1. The Pound Era by Hugh Kenner
    2. A ZBC of Ezra Pound by Christine Brooke-Rose
    The New York Review of Books, February 8, 1973, pp. 7-10
  35. [+]
    Farewell Bunuel (Review)
    Michael Wood
    My Last Sigh, by Luis Bunuel
    1. My Last Sigh by Luis Bunuel
    The New York Review of Books, November 10, 1983, pp. 6-12
  36. [+]
    The Fat Man's Vengeance (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Solar, by Ian McEwan
    1. Solar by Ian McEwan
    The New York Review of Books, May 13, 2010, pp. 14-15
  37. [+]
    A Fine Romance (4 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    The Secular Scripture, by Northrop Frye
    1. The Secular Scripture by Northrop Frye
    2. Spiritus Mundi by Northrop Frye
    3. The Uses of Division by John Bayley
    4. The Sovereign Ghost by Denis Donoghue
    The New York Review of Books, April 14, 1977, pp. 33-35
  38. [+]
    Flirting With Disintegration (5 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Loose Ends, by Barbara Raskin
    1. Loose Ends by Barbara Raskin
    2. Fear of Flying by Erica Jong
    3. Searches and Seizures by Stanley Elkin
    4. Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley
    5. Nickel Mountain by John Gardner
    The New York Review of Books, March 21, 1974, pp. 19-22
  39. Forget Fathers
    Michael Wood
    The New Republic, December 19, 1983, pp. 32-33
  40. [+]
    Fortune Hunting (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    The Castle of Crossed Destinies, by Italo Calvino
    1. The Castle of Crossed Destinies by Italo Calvino
    2. Mortal Engines by Stanislaw Lem
    3. The Sunday of Life by Raymond Queneau
    The New York Review of Books, May 12, 1977, pp. 36-38
  41. [+]
    Free of the Bad Old World (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    None to Accompany Me, by Nadine Gordimer
    1. None to Accompany Me by Nadine Gordimer
    2. Rereading Nadine Gordimer by Kathrin Wagner
    The New York Review of Books, December 1, 1994, pp. 12-13
  42. [+]
    Fun in the Waste Land (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Looking for Laforgue, by David Arkell
    1. Looking for Laforgue by David Arkell
    The New York Review of Books, May 27, 1982, pp. 40-41
  43. [+]
    The Genius of San Jeronimo (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    A Sor Juana Anthology, by Alan S. Trueblood and Sor Juana
    1. A Sor Juana Anthology by Alan S. Trueblood and Sor Juana
    2. Sor Juana, or The Traps of Faith by Octavio Paz
    The New York Review of Books, October 13, 1988, pp. 39-43
  44. [+]
    God's Country (Review)
    Michael Wood
    In the Beauty of the Lilies, by John Updike
    1. In the Beauty of the Lilies by John Updike
    The New York Review of Books, February 29, 1996, pp. 4-6
  45. [+]
    Goriot in Tokyo (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Voices from the Japanese Cinema, by Joan Mellen
    1. Voices from the Japanese Cinema by Joan Mellen
    2. Ozu: His Life and Films by Donald Richie
    The New York Review of Books, June 12, 1975, p. 36
  46. [+]
    Great American Fragments (4 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Willie Masters' Lonesome Wife, by William H. Gass
    1. Willie Masters' Lonesome Wife by William H. Gass
    2. The Last Fair Deal Going Down by David Rhodes
    3. Museums and Women, and Other Stories by John Updike
    4. Sadness by Donald Barthelme
    The New York Review of Books, December 14, 1974, pp. 12-18
  47. [+]
    The Great Game (Review)
    Michael Wood
    A Night of Serious Drinking, by Rene Daumal
    1. A Night of Serious Drinking by Rene Daumal
    The New York Review of Books, April 17, 1980, pp. 41-42
  48. [+]
    Greatness and Melancholy (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    George Eliot: The Emergent Self, by Ruby V. Redinger
    1. George Eliot: The Emergent Self by Ruby V. Redinger
    2. Young Thomas Hardy by Robert Gittings
    The New York Review of Books, November 27, 1975, pp. 11-15
  49. [+]
    Harking and Barking (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    On Not Being Good Enough, by Roger Sale
    1. On Not Being Good Enough by Roger Sale
    2. Celebrations and Attacks by Irving Howe
    3. The Good Word and Other Words by Wilfrid Sheed
    The New York Review of Books, November 8, 1979, pp. 34-36
  50. [+]
    Haunted Places (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    A Month in the Country, by James L. Carr
    1. A Month in the Country by James L. Carr
    2. Waterland by Graham Swift
    The New York Review of Books, August 16, 1984, pp. 47-48
  51. [+]
    Heartsick (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    1. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    The New York Review of Books, April 28, 1988, pp. 6-9
  52. [+]
    A Heavy Legacy (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Edith's Diary, by Patricia Highsmith
    1. Edith's Diary by Patricia Highsmith
    2. The Stepdaughter by Caroline Blackwood
    The New York Review of Books, September 15, 1977, pp. 32-33
  53. [+]
    Heroine Addiction (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Literary Women: The Great Writers, by Ellen Moers
    1. Literary Women: The Great Writers by Ellen Moers
    The New York Review of Books, April 1, 1976, pp. 12-13
  54. [+]
    Hi ho, Silver! (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Sixguns and Society, by Will Wright
    1. Sixguns and Society by Will Wright
    2. The Missouri Breaks (1976 Film) by Arthur Penn
    3. Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976 Film) by Robert Altman
    The New York Review of Books, July 15, 1976, pp. 29-30
  55. [+]
    Hitchcock Laughs (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    The Strange Case of Alfred Hitchcock, by Raymond Durgnat
    1. The Strange Case of Alfred Hitchcock by Raymond Durgnat
    2. The Films of Alfred Hitchcock by Robert A. Harris and Michael S. Lasky
    3. Family Plot (1976 Film) by Alfred Hitchcock
    The New York Review of Books, June 24, 1976, pp. 38-39
  56. [+]
    Hollywood: Money That Dreams Can't Buy (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Monster: Living Off the Big Screen, by John Gregory Dunne
    1. Monster: Living Off the Big Screen by John Gregory Dunne
    The New York Review of Books, March 6, 1997, pp. 38-39
  57. [+]
    Hooked (Review)
    Michael Wood
    My Life as a Man, by Philip Roth
    1. My Life as a Man by Philip Roth
    The New York Review of Books, June 13, 1974, pp. 8-10
  58. [+]
    Horror of Horrors (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Dolores Claiborne, by Stephen King
    1. Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King
    2. Dolores Claiborne (1994 Film) by Taylor Hackford
    3. Rose Madder by Stephen King
    The New York Review of Books, October 19, 1995, pp. 54-57
  59. [+]
    The Human Pen (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Lui: A View of Him, by Louise Colet
    1. Lui: A View of Him by Louise Colet
    2. The Perpetual Orgy by Mario Vargas Llosa
    3. The Family Idiot: Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1857, Vol. II by Jean-Paul Sartre
    The New Republic, June 8, 1987, pp. 54-57
  60. In Search of England (2000)
    Michael Wood
    Journeys Into the English Past
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  61. In Search of the Trojan War (1986)
    Michael Wood
    1 Review
  62. In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great (1997)
    Michael Wood
    A Journey from Greece to Asia
  63. [+]
    In the Latino Americano Mirror (4 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Macho Camacho's Beat, by Luis Rafael Sanchez
    1. Macho Camacho's Beat by Luis Rafael Sanchez
    2. The Emperor of the Amazon by Marcio Souza
    3. Burnt Water by Carlos Fuentes
    4. On Heroes and Tombs by Ernesto Sabato
    The New York Review of Books, October 22, 1981, pp. 54-58
  64. [+]
    In the Literary Jungle (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    A Homemade World, by Hugh Kenner
    1. A Homemade World by Hugh Kenner
    2. In Radical Pursuit by W.D. Snodgrass
    3. A Map of Misreading by Harold Bloom
    The New York Review of Books, April 17, 1975, pp. 15-17
  65. [+]
    In the Museum of Strangeness (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Conversations: The Autobiography of Surrealism, by Andre Breton and Marcel Jean
    1. Conversations: The Autobiography of Surrealism by Andre Breton and Marcel Jean
    2. From Enchantment to Rage by Steven Kovacs
    The New York Review of Books, March 19, 1981, pp. 43-45
  66. [+]
    Include Me Out (6 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Hollywood, by Garson Kanin
    1. Hollywood by Garson Kanin
    2. Wide-Eyed in Babylon by Ray Milland
    3. Each Man in His Time by Raoul Walsh
    4. Whatever Happened to Hollywood? by Jesse L. Lasky, Jr.
    5. Final Cut by Paul Sylbert
    6. Talking Pictures by Richard Corliss
    The New York Review of Books, October 31, 1974, pp. 39-40
  67. [+]
    Incomparable Empson (Review)
    Michael Wood
    William Empson, by Roma Gill
    1. William Empson by Roma Gill
    The New York Review of Books, January 23, 1975, pp. 30-33
  68. [+]
    The Insulted and the Injured (5 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Cesar Vallejo, by Jean Franco
    1. Cesar Vallejo by Jean Franco
    2. Poesia Completa by Cesar Vallejo
    3. Vertical Poetry by Roberto Juarroz
    4. Harsh World and Other Poems by Angel Gonzalez
    5. Muestra by Angel Gonzalez
    The New York Review of Books, December 21, 1978, pp. 48-51
  69. [+]
    Is That All There Is? (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Magic Seeds, by V.S. Naipaul
    1. Magic Seeds by V.S. Naipaul
    The Nation, December 27, 2004, pp. 29-30
  70. [+]
    It's Later than You Think (5 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    As If By Magic, by Angus Wilson
    1. As If By Magic by Angus Wilson
    2. Temporary Kings by Anthony Powell
    3. The Plot that Thickened by P.G. Wodehouse
    4. The World of Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
    5. All About Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
    The New York Review of Books, November 1, 1973, pp. 20-21
  71. [+]
    John Wayne Agonistes (Review)
    Michael Wood
    John Wayne's America, by Garry Wills
    1. John Wayne's America by Garry Wills
    The New York Review of Books, April 24, 1997, pp. 30-39
  72. [+]
    Joyce's Influence (4 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    James Joyce in Padua, by Louis Berrone and James Joyce
    1. James Joyce in Padua by Louis Berrone and James Joyce
    2. Afterjoyce by Robert Martin Adams
    3. In the Wake of the Wake by Elliott Anderson and David Hayman
    4. The Consciousness of Joyce by Richard Ellmann
    The New York Review of Books, October 13, 1977, pp. 10-13
  73. [+]
    Keeping the Reader Alive (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Remembering Randall, by Mary von Schrader Jarrell
    1. Remembering Randall by Mary von Schrader Jarrell
    2. No Other Book by Randall Jarrell and Brad Leithauser
    The New York Review of Books, December 2, 1999, pp. 43-48
  74. [+]
    Kissing Hitler (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Norman Mailer, by Richard Poirier
    1. Norman Mailer by Richard Poirier
    2. Marilyn: A Biography by Norman Mailer
    The New York Review of Books, September 20, 1973, pp. 22-24
  75. [+]
    The Ladies Vanish (4 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    The Doctor's Wife, by Brian Moore
    1. The Doctor's Wife by Brian Moore
    2. Triptych by Claude Simon
    3. Beard's Roman Women by Anthony Burgess
    4. Moses by Anthony Burgess
    The New York Review of Books, September 30, 1976, pp. 40-41
  76. [+]
    Latins in Manhattan (7 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    The Eyes of the Interred, by Miguel Angel Asturias
    1. The Eyes of the Interred by Miguel Angel Asturias
    2. Triple Cross: Novellas by Carlos Fuentes, Jose Donoso, and Severo Sarduy
    3. Diary of the War of the Pig by Adolfo Bioy Casares
    4. 62: A Model Kit~~Sixty-Two: A Model Kit by Julio Cortazar
    5. Counselor Ayres' Memorial by Machado de Assis
    6. The Vampire of Curitiba, and Other Stories by Dalton Trevisan
    7. Seven Voices by Rita Guibert
    The New York Review of Books, April 19, 1973, pp. 35-38
  77. Letters
    Stephen Koch, Antoni Gronowicz, and Michael Wood, ...
    The New York Review of Books, May 4, 1972, pp. 41-44
  78. Letters
    Max Geltman, Michael Wood, David Rosinger, and Peter Singer, ...
    The New York Review of Books, June 14, 1973, pp. 36-40
  79. Letters
    Laura Wood Roper, C. Vann Woodward, and Gregory Rabassa, ...
    The New York Review of Books, June 13, 1974, pp. 41-44
  80. Letters
    Jay Fellows, Martin Tropp, and Michael Wood
    The New York Review of Books, November 13, 1975, p. 45
  81. Letters
    Robert Craft, Michael Wood, and Joseph R. Hixson, ...
    The New York Review of Books, June 10, 1976, pp. 41-43
  82. Letters
    Irving Singer, Joseph Kerman, John L. Hess, and Garry Wills, ...
    The New York Review of Books, April 20, 1978, pp. 43-48
  83. Letters
    Phyllis Roa, Michael Parenti, and Peter Reddaway, ...
    The New York Review of Books, March 9, 1978, pp. 40-44
  84. Letters
    Walter Abish, Tom Hayden, David Vogel, and Steven Kovacs, ...
    The New York Review of Books, August 13, 1981, pp. 53-56
  85. Letters
    Stephen Rosskam Shalom, John M. Gates, and Gore Vidal, ...
    The New York Review of Books, March 4, 1982, pp. 44-48
  86. Letters
    Kenneth S. Lynn, Michael Wood, M.G. Piety, and P.A. Bauer, ...
    The New York Review of Books, September 25, 1997, pp. 76-80
  87. [+]
    Life Studies (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Jazz, by Toni Morrison
    1. Jazz by Toni Morrison
    2. Playing in the Dark by Toni Morrison
    The New York Review of Books, November 19, 1992, pp. 7-10
  88. [+]
    Living Nightmares (4 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Reverse Angle, by John Simon
    1. Reverse Angle by John Simon
    2. Fritz Lang in America by Peter Bogdanovich
    3. Hawks on Hawks by Joseph McBride
    4. Polanski: The Filmmaker as Voyeur by Barbara Leaming
    The New York Review of Books, June 10, 1982, pp. 34-35
  89. [+]
    Looking Good (4 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood, by Todd McCarthy
    1. Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood by Todd McCarthy
    2. Who the Devil Made It by Peter Bogdanovich
    3. The Big Sleep by David Thomson
    4. Howard Hawks American Artist by Jim Hillier and Peter Wollen
    The New York Review of Books, November 20, 1997, pp. 27-31
  90. [+]
    The Lorca Murder Case (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Garcia Lorca, by Mildred Adams
    1. Garcia Lorca by Mildred Adams
    2. Garcia Lorca, Asesinado by Jose Luis Vila-San-Juan
    The New York Review of Books, November 24, 1977, pp. 38-41
  91. [+]
    Lost Paradises (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Culture and Imperialism, by Edward W. Said
    1. Culture and Imperialism by Edward W. Said
    The New York Review of Books, March 3, 1994, pp. 44-46
  92. [+]
    The Love Songs of Alfred J. Hitchcock (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    The Dark Side of Genius, by Donald Spoto
    1. The Dark Side of Genius by Donald Spoto
    2. Hitchcock by Bruno Villien
    The New York Review of Books, April 26, 1984, pp. 22-32
  93. [+]
    The Lying Game (Review)
    Michael Wood
    The Tailor of Panama, by John le Carre
    1. The Tailor of Panama by John le Carre
    The New York Review of Books, November 28, 1996, pp. 16-17
  94. The Magician's Doubts (1995)
    Michael Wood
    Nabokov and the Risks of Fiction
    2 Reviews
  95. [+]
    Marilyn (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Norma Jean, by Fred Lawrence Guiles
    1. Norma Jean by Fred Lawrence Guiles
    Commentary, September 1969, pp. 100-101
  96. [+]
    Masquerades (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Conversation in the Cathedral, by Mario Vargas Llosa
    1. Conversation in the Cathedral by Mario Vargas Llosa
    2. Cobra by Severo Sarduy
    The New York Review of Books, March 20, 1975, pp. 27-28
  97. [+]
    Mod and Great (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Poems of Fernando Pessoa, by Edwin Honig, Susan M. Brown, and Fernando Pessoa, ...
    1. Poems of Fernando Pessoa by Edwin Honig, Susan M. Brown, and Fernando Pessoa, ...
    The New York Review of Books, September 21, 1972, pp. 19-22
  98. [+]
    Movie Crazy (7 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    GWTW: The Making of Gone with the Wind, by Gavin Lambert
    1. GWTW: The Making of Gone with the Wind by Gavin Lambert
    2. The Citizen Kane Book by Pauline Kael
    3. Citizen Kane: The Shooting Script by Orson Welles, Herman Mankiewicz, and Pauline Kael, ...
    4. Casablanca: Script and Legend by Howard Koch
    5. More About All About Eve by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Gary Carey
    6. The Magic Factory by Donald Knox
    7. The Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Book by Arlene Croce
    The New York Review of Books, November 29, 1973, pp. 6-9
  99. The Movies: Hollywood's Last Picture Show
    Michael Wood
    The Harpers Monthly, January 1976, pp. 79-82
  100. [+]
    Night on Earth (Review)
    Michael Wood
    After Dark, by Haruki Murakami
    1. After Dark by Haruki Murakami
    The Nation, May 28, 2007, pp. 57-64
  101. [+]
    No Sorrow Left Unturned (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    The Palace of the White Skunks, by Reinaldo Arenas
    1. The Palace of the White Skunks by Reinaldo Arenas
    2. Old Rosa by Reinaldo Arenas
    The New York Review of Books, March 7, 1991, pp. 21-23
  102. [+]
    No Success Like Failure (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Selected Essays of R.P. Blackmur, by Denis Donoghue and R.P. Blackmur
    1. Selected Essays of R.P. Blackmur by Denis Donoghue and R.P. Blackmur
    2. Wayward Skeptic by James T. Jones
    The New York Review of Books, May 7, 1987, pp. 28-30
  103. [+]
    "No, but I read the book" (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Barry Lyndon (1975 Film), by Stanley Kubrick
    1. Barry Lyndon (1975 Film) by Stanley Kubrick
    2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975 Film) by Milos Forman
    3. The Story of Adele H. (1975 Film) by Francois Truffaut
    The New York Review of Books, February 5, 1976, pp. 3-5
  104. [+]
    Not Dark Yet (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Point to Point Navigation, by Gore Vidal
    1. Point to Point Navigation by Gore Vidal
    The Nation, December 11, 2006, pp. 16-20
  105. [+]
    The Not So Light Fantastic (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Innocent Erendira and Other Stories, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    1. Innocent Erendira and Other Stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    2. A Manual for Manuel by Julio Cortazar
    The New York Review of Books, October 12, 1978, pp. 61-63
  106. [+]
    The Not-So-Good Cop (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Crime, by Irvine Welsh
    1. Crime by Irvine Welsh
    The New York Review of Books, May 14, 2009, pp. 43-44
  107. [+]
    The Not-So-Light Fantastic (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Falstaff, by Robert Nye
    1. Falstaff by Robert Nye
    2. October Light by John Gardner
    3. Terra Nostra by Carlos Fuentes
    The New York Review of Books, January 20, 1977, pp. 59-60
  108. [+]
    Nothing Sacred (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Injury Time, by Beryl Bainbridge
    1. Injury Time by Beryl Bainbridge
    2. The World According to Garp by John Irving
    3. An American Romance by John Casey
    The New York Review of Books, April 20, 1978, pp. 9-12
  109. [+]
    O Tempora! O Moors! (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Count Julian, by Juan Goytisolo
    1. Count Julian by Juan Goytisolo
    2. Death, Sleep and the Traveler by John Hawkes
    The New York Review of Books, August 8, 1974, p. 40
  110. [+]
    Odor and Ardor (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Infante's Inferno, by G. Cabrera Infante
    1. Infante's Inferno by G. Cabrera Infante
    The New York Review of Books, June 28, 1984, pp. 21-22
  111. [+]
    Of Spies and Spy Catchers (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Eye of the Needle, by Ken Follett
    1. Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
    The Saturday Review, August 1978, pp. 51-55
  112. [+]
    On the Edge of Silence (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Six Memos for the Next Millennium, by Italo Calvino
    1. Six Memos for the Next Millennium by Italo Calvino
    2. Under the Jaguar Sun by Italo Calvino
    The New Republic, October 17, 1988, pp. 38-41
  113. [+]
    On the Love Boat (4 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Identity, by Milan Kundera
    1. Identity by Milan Kundera
    2. The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto by Mario Vargas Llosa
    3. A Lover's Almanac by Maureen Howard
    4. The Red Hat by John Bayley
    The New York Review of Books, July 16, 1998, pp. 31-34
  114. [+]
    One Mo' Time (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Pursuits of Happiness, by Stanley Cavell
    1. Pursuits of Happiness by Stanley Cavell
    The New York Review of Books, January 21, 1982, pp. 29-30
  115. [+]
    Other People's Wives (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    John's Wife, by Robert Coover
    1. John's Wife by Robert Coover
    2. The Debt to Pleasure by John Lanchester
    The New York Review of Books, October 17, 1996, pp. 48-50
  116. [+]
    Outside the Shady Octopus Saloon (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Hotel Lautreamont, by John Ashbery
    1. Hotel Lautreamont by John Ashbery
    2. The Man with Night Sweats by Thom Gunn
    The New York Review of Books, May 27, 1993, pp. 32-34
  117. [+]
    A Passage to England (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Changing My Mind, by Zadie Smith
    1. Changing My Mind by Zadie Smith
    The New York Review of Books, March 11, 2010, pp. 8-10
  118. [+]
    The Passionate Egoist (Review)
    Michael Wood
    The Voyage That Never Ends, by Malcolm Lowry and Michael Hofmann
    1. The Voyage That Never Ends by Malcolm Lowry and Michael Hofmann
    The New York Review of Books, April 17, 2008, pp. 56-59
  119. [+]
    Passions in Politics (Review)
    Michael Wood
    1876~~Eighteen Seventy-Six, by Gore Vidal
    1. 1876~~Eighteen Seventy-Six by Gore Vidal
    The New York Review of Books, April 29, 1976, pp. 30-31
  120. [+]
    Perseverance to the Point of Madness (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Charlie Chaplin and His Times, by Kenneth S. Lynn
    1. Charlie Chaplin and His Times by Kenneth S. Lynn
    2. Tramp by Joyce Milton
    The New York Review of Books, July 17, 1997, pp. 7-11
  121. [+]
    Pictures From an Institution (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Here at The New Yorker, by Brendan Gill
    1. Here at The New Yorker by Brendan Gill
    2. Thurber: A Biography by Burton Bernstein
    The New York Review of Books, May 15, 1975, pp. 13-14
  122. [+]
    Play It Again, Franz (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Nonsense and Happiness, by Peter Handke
    1. Nonsense and Happiness by Peter Handke
    2. A Moment of True Feeling by Peter Handke
    3. Three by Peter Handke by Peter Handke
    The New York Review of Books, June 23, 1977, pp. 22-24
  123. [+]
    Play It Again, Sam (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Monsieur, by Lawrence Durrell
    1. Monsieur by Lawrence Durrell
    The New York Review of Books, March 6, 1975, pp. 17-18
  124. [+]
    The Poetry of Neruda (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Residence on Earth, and Other Poems, by Pablo Neruda
    1. Residence on Earth, and Other Poems by Pablo Neruda
    2. Extravagaria by Pablo Neruda
    3. Five Decades: A Selection by Pablo Neruda
    The New York Review of Books, October 3, 1974, pp. 8-9
  125. Popular and Unpopular Art
    Michael Wood
    The Partisan Review, Summer 1977, pp. 351-366
  126. [+]
    The Postman Always Rings Twice (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Il Postino (1995 Film), by Michael Radford
    1. Il Postino (1995 Film) by Michael Radford
    2. The Postman by Antonio Skarmeta
    The New York Review of Books, March 21, 1996, p. 16
  127. [+]
    The Power of the Prickly Pear (Review)
    Michael Wood
    The Eagle's Throne, by Carlos Fuentes
    1. The Eagle's Throne by Carlos Fuentes
    The New York Review of Books, June 14, 2007, pp. 66-67
  128. [+]
    The Prophet Motive (Review)
    Michael Wood
    The Satanic Verses, by Salman Rushdie
    1. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
    The New Republic, March 6, 1989, pp. 28-29
  129. [+]
    Purgatorio (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Paradiso, by Jose Lezama Lima
    1. Paradiso by Jose Lezama Lima
    The New York Review of Books, April 18, 1974, pp. 14-16
  130. [+]
    Classical Records (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Men at Arms, by Evelyn Waugh
    1. Men at Arms by Evelyn Waugh
    2. Officers and Gentlemen by Evelyn Waugh
    3. The End of the Battle by Evelyn Waugh
    The New Republic, May 12, 1979, pp. 28-30
  131. [+]
    Revisting Lolita (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Lolita (1998 Film), by Adrian Lyne
    1. Lolita (1998 Film) by Adrian Lyne
    The New York Review of Books, March 26, 1998, pp. 9-13
  132. [+]
    The Roads Not Taken (Review)
    Michael Wood
    The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, by Haruki Murakami
    1. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
    The New Republic, May 11, 1998, pp. 49-53
  133. [+]
    Rocketing to the Apocalypse (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Gravity's Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon
    1. Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
    The New York Review of Books, March 22, 1973, p. 22
  134. [+]
    RSVP (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Geography III, by Elizabeth Bishop
    1. Geography III by Elizabeth Bishop
    The New York Review of Books, June 9, 1977, pp. 29-30
  135. [+]
    Rules of the Game (5 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Sade/Fourier/Loyola, by Roland Barthes
    1. Sade/Fourier/Loyola by Roland Barthes
    2. The Pleasure of the Text by Roland Barthes
    3. The Empire of Signs by Roland Barthes
    4. S/Z by Roland Barthes
    5. Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes
    The New York Review of Books, March 4, 1976, pp. 31-34
  136. [+]
    Seeing Bergman (4 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Cries and Whispers (1972 Film), by Ingmar Bergman
    1. Cries and Whispers (1972 Film) by Ingmar Bergman
    2. Ingmar Bergman Directs by John Simon
    3. Encountering Directors by Charles Thomas Samuels
    4. Deeper Into Movies by Pauline Kael
    The New York Review of Books, March 8, 1973, pp. 3-6
  137. [+]
    Separating the Chypre from the Ghosts (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Eastward Ha!, by S.J. Perelman
    1. Eastward Ha! by S.J. Perelman
    The New York Review of Books, April 6, 1978, pp. 10-11
  138. Shakespeare (2003)
    Michael Wood
    1 Review
  139. [+]
    Sleepless Nights (Review)
    Michael Wood
    The Unconsoled, by Kazuo Ishiguro
    1. The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro
    The New York Review of Books, December 21, 1995, pp. 17-18
  140. [+]
    The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    The Book of Disquiet, by Fernando Pessoa
    1. The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa
    2. The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis by Jose Saramago
    The New York Review of Books, October 24, 1991, pp. 20-22
  141. [+]
    Spies Together (Review)
    Michael Wood
    The Human Factor, by Graham Greene
    1. The Human Factor by Graham Greene
    The Saturday Review, April 1, 1978, p. 33
  142. [+]
    Squish (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    To Smithereens, by Rosalyn Drexler
    1. To Smithereens by Rosalyn Drexler
    2. The Adventures of Mao on the Long March by Frederic Tuten
    3. The Taxi by Violette Leduc
    The New York Review of Books, August 10, 1972, pp. 14-15
  143. [+]
    The Struggles of T.S. Eliot (4 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    The Overwhelming Question, by Balachandra Rajan
    1. The Overwhelming Question by Balachandra Rajan
    2. Selected Prose of T.S. Eliot by Frank Kermode and T.S. Eliot
    3. The Classic by Frank Kermode
    4. T. S. Eliot by Stephen Spender
    The New York Review of Books, May 13, 1976, pp. 15-18
  144. [+]
    Stumbles and Mumbles (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Brando: Songs My Mother Taught Me, by Marlon Brando and Robert Lindsey
    1. Brando: Songs My Mother Taught Me by Marlon Brando and Robert Lindsey
    2. Brando: The Biography by Peter Manso
    3. Don Juan DeMarco (1995 Film) by Jeremy Leven
    The New York Review of Books, May 11, 1995, pp. 12-14
  145. [+]
    Taking Brecht's Measure (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Brecht: A Biography, by Klaus Volker
    1. Brecht: A Biography by Klaus Volker
    2. Bertolt Brecht: Poems 1913-1956 by John Willett, Ralph Manheim, and Bertolt Brecht
    3. Diaries 1920-1922 by Bertolt Brecht and Herta Ramthun
    The New York Review of Books, May 15, 1980, pp. 13-20
  146. [+]
    Tender Trousers (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Transparent Things, by Vladimir Nabokov
    1. Transparent Things by Vladimir Nabokov
    The New York Review of Books, November 16, 1972, pp. 12-13
  147. [+]
    Terror in the Mountains (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Death in the Andes, by Mario Vargas Llosa
    1. Death in the Andes by Mario Vargas Llosa
    The New York Review of Books, May 9, 1996, pp. 16-17
  148. [+]
    'This is not the end of the world' (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard, by J.G. Ballard
    1. The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard by J.G. Ballard
    2. The Best American Short Stories 1978 by Theodore Solotaroff and Shannon Ravenel
    3. I, Etcetera by Susan Sontag
    The New York Review of Books, January 25, 1979, pp. 28-30
  149. [+]
    Tight Little Island (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Coasting: A Private Voyage, by Jonathan Raban
    1. Coasting: A Private Voyage by Jonathan Raban
    The New York Review of Books, October 22, 1987, pp. 39-40
  150. [+]
    Tight Little Island (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    The Spell, by Alan Hollinghurst
    1. The Spell by Alan Hollinghurst
    2. England, England by Julian Barnes
    The New York Review of Books, June 24, 1999, pp. 56-59
  151. [+]
    A Traveling Man (Review)
    Michael Wood
    D.W. Griffith: An American Life, by Richard Schickel
    1. D.W. Griffith: An American Life by Richard Schickel
    The New York Review of Books, December 6, 1984, pp. 10-12
  152. [+]
    Unhappy Dictators (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    The Autumn of the Patriarch, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    1. The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    2. Reasons of State by Alejo Carpentier
    The New York Review of Books, December 9, 1976, pp. 57-58
  153. [+]
    Up to the Minutiae (Review)
    Michael Wood
    The Size of Thoughts, by Nicholson Baker
    1. The Size of Thoughts by Nicholson Baker
    The New York Review of Books, June 20, 1996, pp. 65-66
  154. [+]
    Victims of Survival (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    A Crown of Feathers, and Other Stories, by Isaac Bashevis Singer
    1. A Crown of Feathers, and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer
    2. The Oath by Elie Wiesel
    3. Elsewhere, Perhaps by Amos Oz
    The New York Review of Books, February 7, 1974, pp. 10-12
  155. [+]
    The Victorious Servant (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Parrot and Olivier in America, by Peter Carey
    1. Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey
    The New York Review of Books, July 15, 2010, pp. 38-39
  156. [+]
    Vulgar Marxism (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Groucho, by Hector Arce
    1. Groucho by Hector Arce
    The New York Review of Books, March 8, 1979, pp. 20-22
  157. [+]
    What Happened at Gordita Beach? (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Inherent Vice, by Thomas Pynchon
    1. Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
    The New York Review of Books, September 24, 2009, pp. 70-71
  158. [+]
    Where the Wolf Howls (4 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Heartbreak Tango, by Manuel Puig
    1. Heartbreak Tango by Manuel Puig
    2. Other Men's Daughters by Richard Stern
    3. Ninety-Two in the Shade by Thomas McGuane
    4. The Obscene Bird of Night by Jose Donoso
    The New York Review of Books, December 13, 1973, pp. 19-22
  159. [+]
    White Teeth (Review)
    Michael Wood
    Mortals, by Norman Rush
    1. Mortals by Norman Rush
    The Nation, July 14, 2003, pp. 32-34
  160. [+]
    The Wild Blue Yonder (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    On Being Blue, by William H. Gass
    1. On Being Blue by William H. Gass
    2. The Franchiser by Stanley Elkin
    The New York Review of Books, August 5, 1976, pp. 36-37
  161. [+]
    Writing from a Deceptive Continent (2 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    The Borzoi Anthology of Latin American Literature, by Emir Rodriguez Monegal and Thomas...
    1. The Borzoi Anthology of Latin American Literature by Emir Rodriguez Monegal and Thomas Colchie
    2. The Boom in Spanish-American Literature by Jose Donoso
    The New York Review of Books, August 4, 1977, pp. 33-34
  162. [+]
    Zone of Darkness (3 Reviews)
    Michael Wood
    Chase the Wind, by E.V. Thompson
    1. Chase the Wind by E.V. Thompson
    2. The Widower's Son by Alan Sillitoe
    3. Saville by David Storey
    The Saturday Review, July 23, 1977, pp. 38-39
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