Great Regulars: If the fall is a bust,

[John] Sargent says, blame it on the economy. It would be hard to blame the industry for failing to offer anything to buy.

Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol," his first novel since "The Da Vinci Code," is just the start. New fiction is due from Richard Powers, Alice Munro, E.L. Doctorow, Diane Gabaldon, Stephen King, John Grisham, Audrey Niffenegger, Jonathan Lethem and Lorrie Moore.

from Hillel Italie: Canadian Press: Fall book forecast: Dan Brown, Richard Powers, Alice Munro and cautious optimism

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