"London, over the past 10 years, has become, if not as significant as Frankfurt, a rival kind of fair," said Jamie Byng, managing director of Canongate Books. "This year has been the best fair I ...

Emily Cockayne reviews “Dirty Old London: The Victorian Fight Against Filth,” by Lee Jackson.

But according to Lee Jackson, author of Dirty Old London: The Victorian Fight Against Filth, mud was actually a euphemism. "It was essentially composed of horse dung," he tells Fresh Air's Sam Briger.

DULCIMER STREET (637 pp.)—Norman Collins—Duell, Sloan & Pearce ($3). The blonde screamed: “Let me out . . . let me out!” “You shut your trap,” said Percy Boon. The car sped over London ...

A year in the life of a 60-year-old runaway (from marriage) In “Went to London, Took the Dog,” Nina Stibbe, author of “Love, Nina,” delivers a funny-sad portrait of midlife.