ITINERARY
30
JUNE 01, 2013
AA.COM/AMERICANWAY
PopCulture
These threenewbookson
food, sports and familymake
awinning trifectaof
FATHER’S
DAYGIFT IDEAS
.
TheGrillingBook:
TheDefinitive
Guide from
BonAppétit
ByAdamRapoport
(AndrewsMcMeel
Publishing, $45)
Thisheftyode to thegastronomic
gloriesof grilling leavesno
charcoal briquetteunturned.
An insightful primer ongrill prep
isamouth-wateringprelude
to the380globe-spanning recipes
that follow. If your tastesdon’t
runas far afieldas, say, African
piri-piri chicken, you’ll find
comfort (food) in suchessentials
as theperfect cheeseburger and
cavemanporterhouse.
Loopers:ACaddie’s
Twenty-Year
GolfOdyssey
By JohnDunn
(CrownPublishers,
$25)
Author JohnDunncouldhave
madehismemoir of lifeon the
links the literaryequivalent of nine
holes: Drop someA-list names,
recall some
Caddyshack
-worthy
shenanigans, thenhead to the
clubhouse. Instead, hemadea
full roundof hisperipatetic tale,
elegantlycapturingnot only
thebreathtakingviewsalong
theworld’s topcoursesbut the
inner landscapeof theplayers
irresistiblydrawn to thegame.
Brotherhood:
Dharma,Destiny,and
theAmericanDream
ByDeepakand
SanjivChopra
(NewHarvest, $28)
This lovingly constructeddual
memoir honors the indomitable
strengthand spirit of family,
as these renownedbrothers
take turns tellingentrancing
tales of their upbringing in
anewly independent India.
Although their paths inhealing
mayhavediverged, theydescribe
the ties that sustained them
along their journey to theU.S.
and in their careers.
—KRISTIN BAIRD RATTINI
{ BOOKS }
SpeakoftheDevil
Theevil editorwhoput author
LAURENWEISBERGER
on the
map returns inhernewbook,
RevengeWearsPrada
.
B
-
wherereadandthemoviethatevenmore
people saw,
TheDevilWearsPrada
was
amonsterhit—a fact thatsurprisednoonemore
than first-time author LaurenWeisberger.Mir-
roringWeisberger’s own experience assisting
infamous
Vogue
magazineeditrixAnnaWintour,
the story of Andy Sachs, an aspiring journalist
whohappened intoanunrewarding jobat a fash-
ionmagazine, beganasaproject forWeisberger’s
creative-writingclassandultimatelyturnedintoa
culturalphenomenonnoonecouldhaveanticipated.
“Iwas 25when thebook cameout, and I had
no idea what to expect,” she recalls. Happily,
demandwas high formore from thepromising
young author— ablessing thatweighedheavily
onher shoulders. “I remember feelinga tremen-
dous amount of pressure formy sophomore ef-
fort [
EveryoneWorthKnowing
],”Weisbergersays.
“But I learnedyourbooks are likeyour children:
They’reneverthesame,butyou lovethemall.”
Still, Weisberger knew there was more of
Andy’s story to tell. So after completing her
fourth book,
Last Night at ChateauMarmont
,
she approachedher publisherwith the idea for
a sequel. In bookstores this month, 10 years
after the original best-seller swept the nation,
RevengeWearsPrada:TheDevilReturns
(Simon
&Schuster, $26)findsprotagonistAndyengaged
and running ahigh-fashionbridalmagazineof
herown.Butherburgeoningcareersetsherona
collisioncoursewithnoneotherthanherdreaded
ex-employer,MirandaPriestly.
ThoughWeisbergerhasremainedtight-lipped
about theplot toprevent any spoilers, shewill
cop toakarmicreversal forher twomaincharac-
ters.Asanxiousas fansof theoriginal are to see
how the taleplays out,Weisberger is equallyas
excited togetherbook into theirhands. “WhileI
completelyandwhollyavoid the feedback that is
ontheInternet,gettingouttothebookstoresand
meetingthereadersandhearingwhattheaverage
manorwomanhastosay—that’swhere it’satfor
me,”shesays.
Asforthepossibilityofa
RevengeWearsPrada
movie, it’s just toosoon to tell.ButWeisberger is
certainlyamenable to the idea. “Iknowauthors
don’t always love themovies that arebasedon
theirbooks,” she says, “but I thought the
Prada
moviewasphenomenallywelldone.”
If fansof the franchiseget theirway,
Revenge
maybeevensweeter.—¦§¨ ©.ª
