The Womanizer — Bill Buford

Richard Ford's womanizer is an insistently ordinary man - until he goes abroad. Paul Theroux's 'imaginary' young American novelist loses his self-control in London. William T. Vollmann, alone in the wilderness with Erica, risks losing his life for her. Plus: Paul Theroux: Lady Max, William T. Vollmann: An Afghanistan Picture Show, Alan Lightman: Einstein in Bern, André Brink: Afrikaners and the Future, David Goldblatt: Die Hel, Nadine Gordimer: Look-Alikes, Ken Light: The Mississippi Delta, Richard Rayner: Los Angeles.