Thomas Perry's list

Thomas Perry, author of Nightlife -- and over a dozen other excellent thrillers, including the soon-to-be-released Silence -- contributed "The List" to The Week magazine this week.One of his titles:Absalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerIt’s Faulkner’s dramatization of storytelling — how human beings piece together the past based on what is known, what can be surmised, and what is always true of