Julia Rothman This week in The New York Times Book Review, the editors select their 100 Notable Books of 2012. The special holiday issue also features Pat Irwin's review of two new books about the Rolling Stones, a biography of Mick Jagger by Philip Norman and “The Rolling Stones 50,†a coffee-table book published by the band. About the latter, Mr. Irwin writes:
Leafing through the first hundred pages or so, I was struck by how hard they worked. They're living, breathing proof of the argument in Malcolm Gladwell's “Outliers†(which discusses the Beatles at some length, but doesn't mention the Rolling Stones). As Gladwell summarizes a study out of Berlin's elite Academy of Music: “The thing that distinguishes one performer from another is how hard he or she works. That's it. And what's more, the people at the very top don't work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.†That's the Rolling Stones.
On this week's podcast, a big show for the Book Review's big holiday issue, with discussions about the notable books, the Stones, a dictionary controversy, Joseph Cornell, the Dallas Cowboys, Shakespeare apps and best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
