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A preview of the HBO series, plus Brian Bethune’s review of the adult novel by Harry Potter’s plotter

From the Oct. 6 issue, as compiled by Books editor Brian Bethune

Once upon a time, American women had taste and knew how to dress, argues Linda Przybyszewski in ’The Lost Art of Dress’. What happened?

Russian poet Boris Pasternak’s laughed off criticisms of his epic love story: ’I just grin’

Anne Kingston reviews All Saints by K.D. Miller — ’a quietly astonishing book of short stories’

A book review of "Lifted: A Cultural History of the Elevator" by Andreas Bernard

A book review of "Trapped Under the Sea" by Neil Swidey

This week’s bestsellers

This week: The Tudors, Elizabeth Smart on her kidnapping, and disappearing Canadian jobs

’There are lessons and hope in kids books, unlike self-help books’