“The End of October” by Lawrence Wright; Knopf (400 pages, $27.95)Timely books are often described as “ripped from the headlines.” But Lawrence Wright’s new novel, “The End of October,” scooped the headlines with its tense tale of a fast-moving pandemic and the cascade of political and human costs it brings.An advance review copy of the book landed on my desk in January, which means it was finished and edited last year. [...]
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