The Short List of Things to Do
A guide to what you should see and what you should skip — and what you won't be able to avoid
Richard Yates' devastating 1961 novel about a couple whose marriage implodes amid the cocktails and commuter trains of '50s suburbia may be the best book you've never read. So read it now — then see the film, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, out Dec. 26.
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