Austin man of letters Lawrence Wright cannot be contained. His New Yorker essays beget books that beget films. His nonfiction works – like 2006’s Pulitzer Prize winner The Looming Tower – inform one-man shows. Now his new thriller The Human Scale shares a title and setting with his 2010 one-man show about a standoff between Israel and Hamas. The new book tracks a Palestinian-American FBI agent’s investigation in Gaza; in a starred review, Publishers Weekly called it “an uncomfortable and unforgettable plunge into the heart of a devastating conflict.” See Wright in conversation with KUT’s Rebecca McInroy at Tuesday’s pub-day event; it’s free, but if you want to get a book signed, you’ll need to purchase it from BookPeople. – Kimberley Jones