n+1 Number Eight: Recessional

Recessional, Fall 2009: the editors on Marxism, Mark Greif on gay marriage and abortion, Elif Batuman's epic "Summer in Samarkand" (Part One), Marco Roth on the rise of the neuronovel, Emily Witt on Mozambique's cinema, Nikil Saval on the New Left Review. Plus fiction by Mexico's best untranslated novelist and more interviews with the Anonymous Hedge Fund Manager.