Dubus’s House of Sand and Fog was a literary smash hit,
loudly pimped by snooty book critics and by
Oprah. His newest, The Garden of Last Days, is about the
last few weeks in the life of one of the September 11
hijackers—much of that time spent in a strip club. It
promises to be the kind of book that’s devoured in one tense
sitting, even by people who swear that they never read. (Town
Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave, 624-6600. 7:30 pm, $5.)