ERIC LAX is the author of Conversations with Woody Allen; Life and Death on 10 West (A New York Times Notable Book of the Year); The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat (A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2004); and co-author, with A. M. Sperber, of Bogart (nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Biography). His biography Woody Allen was a New York Times and international best seller and a Notable Book of the Year. His books have been translated into eighteen languages, and his writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, Esquire, and The New York Times Magazine. An officer of PEN International, he lives with his wife in Los Angeles.
@lt;p@gt; An intelligent, elegantly composed and open-hearted memoir. . . . Valuable, even instructive. . . . [Lax] is a writer of gentle precision and clarity. --@lt;i@gt;Los Angeles Times@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;i@gt; @lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt; Lax has written a steady, quiet love letter to a faith he has lost. . . . Sympathetic and engrossing. --@lt;i@gt;The New York Times Book Review@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt; @lt;br@gt; A poignant, sensitive and thoughtful memoir that illuminates the complexity of the phenomenon that we call faith. --Karen Armstrong, author of @lt;i@gt;The Case for God@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt; @lt;br@gt; Candid and heartful. . . . @lt;i@gt;Faith, Interrupted @lt;/i@gt;resonates because Lax confronts questions common to believers everywhere, and he does it without pomposity, self-righteousness, or condescension. --@lt;i@gt;America@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt; @lt;br@gt; A gentle, rueful book . . . Lax's polished writing style and lack of assurance that he has all the answers are . . . def