The PW Morning Report, November 20, 2008

By Dermot McEvoy -- Publishers Weekly, 11/20/2008 5:41:00 AM

Thursday, November 20, 2008

A daily round-up of the latest publishing news: Clive Barnes Dead; Catching-22 From Erica Heller; Serge Bramly Wins Prix Interallié; Ina Garten Profile; and John Kenneth Galbraith Remembers 1929

Clive Barnes, Critic, Dead at 81, reports New York Times
Mr. Barnes worked as a dance/theatre critic for both the New York Times and New York Post. His books include Frederick Ashton and His Ballets (1961), Dance Scene U.S.A. (1967) and Nureyev (1982)

Joe Heller’s Daughter Gives It to Sarah Palin and Joe-the-Unlicensed-Unemployed-Plumber
In the Huffington Post Erica Heller has a few choice words for the two GOP failures and their book deals

Serge Bramly Wins Prix Interallié, reports The Guardian
Bramly wins for Le premier principe, Le second principe (The First Principle, The Second Principle). The awarding of the Prix Interallié marks the end of this year’s French literary prize season

Ina Garten Profiled by Washington Post
The "Barefoot Contessa" of the Food Network has a new book (Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics, Clarkson Potter) and a dedicated following that last month saw her sell 1,000 books (at $35 bucks a pop) at Sur La Table in Pentagon Row

John Kenneth Galbraith Remembers 1929, reports New York Times
People are turning to the late economist’s The Great Crash, 1929 and wondering who will be the chronicler of the Crash of 2008