Whiteout: Lost in Aspen

Ted Conover. Vintage Books USA, $13 (288pp) ISBN 978-0-679-74178-7

Conover's entertaining, unpretentious account of his two years in Aspen, Colo., lets the resort town's events and people speak for themselves. (Jan.)

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