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...deal, a beautiful but dissatisfied young wife (that would be Mrs. Palmer Stoat), a thug named Mr. Gash and the eponymous ill canine, and you've got the ingredients for a hilarious novel that moves as quickly as untouched Florida shoreline is vanishing. Hiaasen's brand of storytelling--a blend of social satire, thriller and investigative journalism--owes as much to Tom Wolfe as it does to Quentin Tarantino. Or do they owe him? No matter. It's hard not to have a good time with this...
...Capote, will weigh in with his volume Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland (Random House). The book's title, from one of Garland's oft-sung standards, is ironic; Garland never could get happy, despite her frantic efforts. Clarke's 10 years of research and 500 interviews blend into a smooth, tantalizing read. After learning more about Garland's tumultuous childhood (Dad repeatedly got into trouble for pursuing teenage boys; Mom was the stage mother from hell), readers will never question why Frances Ethel Gumm grew up to be the sad, pill-popping, suicidal adult that she was. Endless...
Harvard's original proposal sparked an angry reaction from community members, worried that the building would be too large to blend into their residential neighborhood. Harvard is working with the community to develop the final plans...
...Morris himself is an odd blend of the visionary and the realistic, maintaining his values and consistently producing excellent work while maintaining a consciousness of the audience's experience. "Of course I worry about whether anyone will ever go to see these things, but I don't make them with that in mind. I read somewhere that some journalist had said that "Fast, Cheap, and out of Control" was some kind of cynical attempt on my part to make a commercial movie. I thought that was really insane. Yes, it's like that commercial formula we're all familiar with...
South Africa was dress rehearsal for Gandhi's great cause, independence for India. From the day he arrived back home at 45, he dedicated himself to "Hind swaraj," Indian self-rule. More than independence, it meant a utopian blend of national liberty, individual self-reliance and social justice. Freedom entailed individual emancipation as well, the search for nobility of soul through self-discipline and denial. Most ordinary Indians, though, were just looking for an end to colonial rule. While his peace-and-love homilies may not have swayed them, they followed him because he made the British tremble...