A Week of Entertainment: Books Reviewed in Entertainment Weekly 28 Nov 08

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Each week Entertainment Weekly reviews a small selection of popular new books. Titles available for the Kindle reviewed in the November 28th issue include:

Disquiet,by Julia Leigh. Penguin. FICTION. EW's slant: "...slender, elegant, and extraordinarily unsettling...doesn't tell a story so much as it casts a dark spell". Amazon customer rating: none yet. Kindle edition $9.99.
"Olivia arrives at her mother's chateau in rural France (the first time in more than a decade) with her two young children in tow. Soon the family is joined by Olivia's brother Marcus and his wife Sophie -- but this reunion is far from joyful. After years of desperately wanting a baby, Sophie has just given birth to a stillborn child, and she is struggling to overcome her devastation. Meanwhile, Olivia wrestles with her own secrets about the cruel and violent man she married many years before. Exquisitely written and reminiscent of Ian McEwan and J. M. Coetzee, Disquiet is a darkly beautiful and atmospheric story that will linger in the mind long after the final page is turned." - Amazon.

Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando,by Stefan Kanfer. Knopf. BIOGRAPHY. EW's slant: "...the first major bio to appear since the star died...shows, like other books before it, that we may never get a full handle on the legend". Amazon customer rating: none yet. Kindle edition $16.01.
"Kanfe...portrays Brando as a man unconsciously at war with himself. He hated his profession but was unable to do anything else. Compelled by his gluttonous appetite for women, he indulged in numerous sexual conquests but was unable to maintain a long-term relationship. He was so uncomfortable with his physical beauty that he eventually destroyed it with junk food... Yet despite his hang-ups, Kanfer joins the ranks of biographers and fans who believe that Brando was the greatest actor of the 20th century...His influence on younger actors such as James Dean and even Elvis Presley - indeed, on an entire generation of young men eager to emulate his tough, rebellious charm - was unmistakable... Swift, witty prose keeps the narrative moving through a chronicle of every production with which Brando was involved. Kanfer skillfully weaves in Broadway and Hollywood history, and his behind-the-scenes analysis of Brando's films will send you running to rent the classics, the reluctantly acknowledged cult favorites and even the bombs. An inspiring, depressing, riveting story. - Kirkus Reviews.