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...There are three narratives: of Adam, a child rescued from an Indonesian orphanage by a Dutch painter, Karl; of Adam's brother, Johan, separated from Adam when a rich Malaysian couple adopted him from the same orphanage and took him to Kuala Lumpur; and of Margaret, a Jakarta-based American anthropologist. It is Margaret that the 16-year-old Adam seeks out when Karl is arrested in a drive to forcibly repatriate the Dutch...
...Indonesia in 1964 is teetering on the edge of civil war. Sukarno's "guided democracy" is in its death throes, and militant communism is on the rise. Jakarta is no place for an innocent such as Adam, who unknowingly gets roped into petty terrorism. Meanwhile, Johan, drifting aimlessly through a cushioned life of wealth, cars and soft drugs, cannot lay to rest the memories of his lost brother...
...American Idol is a referendum on American taste, then it's possible Adam Lambert--the most flamboyant contestant yet on a show that has never been a beacon of restrained masculinity--will be gone before you read this sentence. Pleasantly little fuss has been made over pictures circulating on the Web of Lambert kissing a man, but a form of prejudice could still do him in: prejudice against irony...
Photos by Meredith H. Keffer, Adam D. Sidman and Sara Joe Wolansky
Kirkland House: Meera E. Atreya, Lewis E.M. Bollard, Wilmarie Cidre Serrano, James E. Goldschmidt, Scott D. Kominers, Firth M. McEachern, Nan N. Ransohoff, Daniel R. Rasmussen, P. Justin Rossi, Dmitry Taubinsky, Adam B. Wheeler, Leah S. Zamore