Chutzpah

Alan M. Dershowitz. Touchstone Books, $24.95 (384pp) ISBN 978-0-671-76089-2

Gadfly civil libertarian Dershowitz pens a perspicacious, anecdotal account of the responsibilities and difficulties associated with Jewishness today. In hardcover, this BOMC alternate spent 22 weeks on PW 's bestseller list and attained the number-one position. Photos. Author tour. (May)

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