In “Boy from the North Country,” a writer turns a real-life mystery into an exploration of parenthood and inheritances. Sam Sussman’s debut novel, “Boy from the North Country,” revolves around a ...

The word “probably” gets a major workout in “Bob Dylan: Jewish Roots, American Soil,” Harry Freedman’s new book made of equal parts passion and conjecture. The book’s central premise, or one of them, ...

Sam Sussman’s debut novel, “Boy from the North Country,” revolves around a mystery: Was Bob Dylan, the singer and Nobel laureate, the narrator’s father? Sussman could have written this tale as a ...