JUDY WOODRUFF:

Now we turn to books and to the latest addition on the NewsHour Bookshelf.

T.C. Boyle has just published his 15th novel. In "The Harder They Come," he explores the violence and darker corners of the American dream.

Recently, he sat down with Jeffrey Brown at Busboys and Poets. It's a restaurant and bookstore chain in the Washington, D.C., area.