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Possessing an eye for the paradox of incongruity, Boyle places some well known figures from both literature and real life into out-of-context situations in his stories ("Robert Jordan in Nicaragua," "I Dated Jane Austen," "Hard Sell"). Yet somehow out of a situation which initially seems as gimmicky as Dennis Rodman comes dazzling observations on life. In "I Dated Jane Austen", the fraility of dating is shown in a stunning expose of the narrator's exploits with the famous 19th century author. The Ayatollah Khomeini is the subject of an image makeover in "Hard Sell...
...examples of human folly. But to say that Bainbridge--who is perhaps one of the best living novelists Americans don't know much about, and whose work, including this latest novel, has been shortlisted five times for the prestigious Booker Prize--writes historical fiction is like saying that Jane Austen wrote domestic comedies. These three novels, each around a mere 200 pages, are epics under a microscope, reducing the sweep of history to the random collisions of its human players...
...which Mansfield dubbed "P.C. to the core," a quick examination of the offerings affirms his characterization. In a mandatory program designed to hone the writing abilities of each incoming class, one would think an emphasis might be placed on the great maestros of the English language--Dickens, James, Twain, Austen, Woolf and Wharton...
...producer of Williamson's new black comedy, Killing Mrs. Tingle. "You'll read a script where the characters are 40 years old, and the studio will ask if they can be in their early 20s instead." The moguls also think of how the Amy Heckerling comedy Clueless transformed Jane Austen's Emma into a modern-teen hit, and they dip some literary favorite into the fountain of youthpix. The fall film Ten Things I Hate About You, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt of 3rd Rock from the Sun, is "The Taming of the Shrew in high school." Next year's Cruel...
...JANE AUSTEN'S MAFIA! (July 24). This synoptic Mafia spoof, sort of a Godfellas, is from Jim Abrahams of the Naked Gun series. The trailer, which has 17 big laughs (out of a possible 22), tells us to "See it early. Avoid the Mob." We'll be there...