Tom Stoppard's "Coast of Utopia" has apparently increased sales of Isaiah Berlin's previously-out-of-print "Russian Thinkers" more than 50-fold. (via Marcotte)

Tyler Cowen is very impressed with Mumbai-mean-streets novel Sacred Games. [MR; NYT]

A Culture of Corruption: Everyday Deception and Popular Discontent in Nigeria (via MR). [Princeton U. Press]

Side-note: My Lord, the Barnes & Noble web-site is poorly designed. But their gift cards aren't good on Amazon.