It’s that time of year again as the PC Friars open up their season tonight at the Amica Mutual Pavilion. Ahead of this, this ...

By A.O. Scott John Adams reviews “Every Valley,” Charles King’s new book about the artistic, social and political forces surrounding one of the greatest pieces of music ever created.

By J. D. Biersdorfer Where’s Johnny? The Biography of a TV Host Whose Life Was a Closed Book. Johnny Carson dominated late-night television for decades, but closely guarded his privacy.

Lila Pereira, a successful media executive, rises to the top of her career but has to reckon with her youngest daughter, Grace, resenting her for not being a PTA mom. Grace also dredges up the ...

Charles Baxter’s novel charges along so boisterously that it’s easy to forget the author is batting around some of the weightiest concerns of human experience. John le Carré’s son Nick ...