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...Pulitzer Prize for referencing goes to Bret Easton Ellis, whose famously lazy prose has made him the Danny Bonaduce of letters. In the hands of British writer Nick Hornby, though, the affectation is used to excellent effect. Hornby, 38, is worshipped in Britain for his 1992 book, Fever Pitch, a humorous memoir about his life as a soccer fan. In this first novel, High Fidelity (Riverhead Books; $21.95; 323 pages), he demonstrates his enviable talent for lucid, laconic writing...
...government to restrain expression. It says nothing about decisions made by private media companies, and it does nothing to prevent them from choosing which songs or programs they will or will not promote. Five years ago, Simon & Schuster canceled plans to publish American Psycho, the sado-chic novel by Bret Easton Ellis, after advance complaints about passages detailing the sexual torture and mutilation of women. (It was subsequently published by Knopf, a division of Random House.) "It's our responsibility,'' says Martin Davis, then chairman of Simon & Schuster's corporate parent Paramount. "You have to stand for something.'' This...
...have had so many disappointing losses," freshman outfielder Bret Vankoski said of the Dartmouth games. "But that hasn't kept us from going out and trying hard. There are no real losers on this team...
...have had so many disappointing losses," freshman outfielder Bret Vankoski said. "But that hasn't kept us from going out and trying hard. There are no real losers on this team, and we'll try to finish the best...
...better this weekend than we have all years," Freshman outfielder Bret Vankoski, who went 1-4 with two runs scored and one RBI, said. "We haven't had that [45 hits] all years...