Yesterday, I wondered whether anybody in the Obama administration knows what the word “draconian” means. I do not think that they do. “Draconian” refers not to the political structure of a ...

The Lawgiver is an engaging comedy/love story about present-day Hollywood and the making of a movie about Moses which entangles an ancient novelist named Herman Wouk.

The Lawgiver Herman Wouk. Simon and Schuster, $25.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-4516-9938-8 ...

THE LAWGIVER By Herman Wouk Simon & Schuster, $25.99, 234 pages When Herman Wouk was 94 years old in 2009, he decided to “have a go at another novel, if only to pass the time” while his ...

Clearly, "The Lawgiver" has unleashed Wouk's inner metafictionalist as well as a parodist of considerable virtue, which is to say viciousness, as he chronicles the battle to get this film on track.

The Lawgiver MOSES (505 pp.)—Sholem Asch—Putnam ($3.75).As a boy in Kutno, Poland, Sholem Asch used to pester his mother with the question: "Why has God divided mankind into Jew and ...