A.O. Scott Tells All!

Well. Not really. But his latest piece -- a lengthy essay on the problems with choosing the greatest novel of the last 25 years -- includes this juicy, if sadistically skimpy, line about his till-now mysterious upcoming tome.

A. O. Scott is a film critic at The Times. He is writing a book on the American novel since World War II.

So that's what we lost three months of Scott-certified movie reviews to.