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Perhaps it might be a good idea to take a deep breath at this stage and point out that the setup for A Son of the Circus is vastly more elaborate than the preceding suggests. Irving has been known to complain, understandably, about reviews of his books that give away the plots and their attendant surprises. He need not worry this time; the new novel is summary-proof...
Even so, Castro seems thoroughly in control. The ability of many Cubans to describe harrowing privation and in almost the same breath profess loyalty to Fidel -- or at worst a kind of numb resignation -- is startling. Raise, 31, an engineer, pauses along the Almendares River in western Havana to watch the return of several rafts that had tried to make it across the Straits of Florida but were forced by bad weather to turn back. "These people are out of their minds," he says. "This is a difficult period of the revolution, but I wouldn't even think about doing...
...wrenching desperateness that made "Love in Vain" a slow staple. Luckily, the next song, "I Go Wild," comes to the rescue by managing to pick up a bit of the brashness of the "If You Can't Rock Me." This song also supplies a quick and non incongrous breath of "Gimme Shelter" from Ron Woods' b-bender guitar, two-thirds of the way through...
...conspiracy. As millions held their collective breath, the New York Rangers finally broke the curse and ended 54 years of suffering. At long last, they claimed the Stanley Cup earlier this month. Simultaneously, their counterparts at the Madison Square Garden, the New York Knicks, defied expectations by taking the Houston Rockets to Game 7 of the NBA finals. It was the franchise's best showing since the 1973 championship. The New York Yankees presently sit atop the American League East, on pace to claim their first division title since 1981. Why are New York sports teams suddenly breaking their longenduring...
...most compelling of contrary facts. More important is that likable or unlikable, O.J. Simpson is and always will be a real person in other people's mind. And all but the most hardened death-penalty enthusiasts will quaver at the thought of this real person -- O.J. Simpson! -- gasping for breath as the cyanide begins to do its fatal work...