Selling,I Am a Plaything (2025) Banning, and WalkingBy Sadie Stein June 8, 2012On the ShelfNovelist Barry Unsworth has died at eighty-one.The Catholic Church denounces a book; it becomes a best seller. (Almost as effective as Oprah.)Lev Grossman teaches us how to read and walk simultaneously. “The Comedy of Noir.”Where things stand: the Rumpus explores racial bias in the world of books.