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SERIAL NOVEL French author and critic Julia Kristeva reads from her mystery novel, “Murder in Byzantium” (Columbia University Press), a tale of a journalist who tracks down a serial killer while falling in love with a police commissioner. The appearance is the author’s only stop in America. Friday, 3 p.m., Labyrinth Books, 536 W. 112th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 212-865-1588, free.
TOLD STORIES Playwright Alan Bennett reads from his new book of essays and criticism, “Untold Stories” (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux). Friday, 7 p.m., 192 Books, 192 Tenth Ave. at 21st Street, 212-255-4022, free, reservations suggested.
CHILDHOOD STRUGGLE A policy advisor in the British government, Kamran Nazeer,reads from “Send in the Idiots: Stories From the Other Side of Autism,” (Bloomsbury), an autobiographical account of his search for four childhood classmates, all of whom suffered from autism. Friday, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 2289 Broadway at 89th Street, 212-362-8835, free.
