In which a noted journalist and contributing editor of the Atlantic confesses the gory, personal details of writing, (and not writing) his first novel. The novel itself, Going All the Way, has just been published by Seymour Lawrence/Delacorte Press, and is an August selection of the Literary Guild.

BOOKS and MEN One of the country’s most accomplished literary historians here discusses the works of Edwin O’Connor, and in particular, his latest novel, ALL IN THE FAMILY, just published by AtlanticLittle, Brown.

Joseph O'Neill, an Irishman raised in Holland, talks about The Great Gatsby, post-9/11 New York, and his new novel, Netherland.