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...burrows into them, finding complexities and contradictions in the standard tropes. You'll learn plenty about the perils of disappointing a strong patriarch, not to mention the iconography of Russian gangland tattoos. Cronenberg orchestrates all this, and his dedicated cast, to turn out an exercise that is brisk, dark, compelling ... everything but Canadian...
...comes to teachers, however, the victims are nearly all Buddhists. As one of Ban Bukoh's two Buddhist teachers, Prapa Boonaeb, 57, who runs the kindergarten, feels marked for death. "You don't know when they'll pull the trigger," says Prapa, a short-haired woman with a brisk but cheerful manner. "We try to keep a constant lookout, but it's hard because our attention is usually on the children." A year ago, she recalls, a teacher in Narathiwat province was shot in his classroom, in front of his fourth-grade pupils; his killers were two youths in school...
...sold more than 200,000 copies and dominated best-seller lists. It will enjoy similar success when it appears in a dozen other countries over the next few months. That's an easy prediction to make because a) like the American author's six previous novels, this one is brisk and brainy and b) each of those has sold at least half a million copies...
...wasn't thinking about any of that when I mistakenly tried to ingratiate myself in Yunnan by bringing up the Olympics. But it did make me sympathetic to a dejected vendor sitting idly by her stall as nearby competitors did brisk business selling ethnic-themed tourist trinkets. Her wares? Olympic key chains and stuffed toys modeled after the Beijing 2008 mascot. "No business today," she sighed. "Maybe tomorrow...
...more than 200,000 copies and dominated best-seller lists. The novel will enjoy similar success when it appears in a dozen other countries over the next few months. That's an easy prediction to make because a) like the American author's six previous novels, this one is brisk, brainy and enjoyable, and b) each of those titles has sold at least half a million copies worldwide...