Issue of June 24, 2013

Annals of Surveillance

The Prism
by Jill Lepore

A secret history of privacy.
Medical Dispatch

Before Night Falls
by Jerome Groopman

A new direction in Alzheimer’s research.
Fiction

“Stars”
by Thomas McGuane


The Critics

Books

The Gift of Doubt
by Malcolm Gladwell

The wisdom of Albert O. Hirschman.
The Current Cinema

House Parties
by Anthony Lane

“This Is the End,” “Much Ado About Nothing.”