The publication of a new book by Dr. David Agus, the media-friendly USC oncologist who leads the Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine, was shaping up to be a high-profile event.

In this week's Endnotes, we take a look at mangaka Atsushi Kaneko's Search and Destroy, an English translation of a punk update on a classic manga. In its starred review, PW called the book "a blast ...