★★★★
AUTHOR SAUL AUSTERLITZ / OUT 22 AUGUST / 320 PAGES
LET’S GET THE obvious question out of the way: this book sadly does not smell of rich mahogany. On the plus side, it also does not smell of Sex Panther, the cologne beloved of Anchorman’s Brian Fantana which is illegal in nine countries and legendarily boasts an aroma reminiscent of “Bigfoot’s dick”.