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...called the first novel of the 21st century, a truly global work of fiction that set stories in Japan, China, London, New York City and elsewhere and somehow wove them into a single tale about the transmigration of souls. In Cloud Atlas, his third novel, the prodigiously talented Briton, 35, tries to do with time what he earlier did with space. Six tales crisscross--moving between Belgium in 1931 and a genomic future in which North Korea has discovered genetic engineering--and so suggest that all times and not just all people are linked by six degrees of separation...
...Briton Andrew Black was making a decent enough living as a professional gambler, concentrating mainly on playing bridge and betting on horses. But he was dissatisfied with traditional bookmakers. By the time they build in their margins, says Black, 41, "you've got to be 20% smarter to make money. And if [you] make a mistake, [you] can't trade out of it. I thought, 'There's got to be a better...
...MUNICH Briton James Pearn runs the Munich Dining Club for young English-language speakers, which meets every few weeks. "The club's aim is to go to some of the best restaurants," says Pearn. A typical dinner starts from $24, usually with a $7 cover charge...
When the stylish but unsuspecting Briton Ilse Crawford, 42, set out to design the popular club and hotel Soho House in New York City's trendy meat-packing district, she drew from retro archetypes and craftsmanship to stay loyal to the history of the building and the neighborhood. Wedding the kitschy and luxurious (picture 33 crystal chandeliers) to the sleek and modern (think ceramic bathtubs but in a boudoir), she hung velvet curtains in the rooms and draped the club in an Arts and Crafts palette of peacock blue, teal and green. The result was a modern playground...
It’s a mark of the strength of the team behind Roberto Zucco that they aren’t sunk by its script, which is one of those laughably pretentious philosophical treatises that stink up the Ex with fair regularity. Briton Martin Crimp’s affected translation (from Bernard-Marie Koltès’ French original) gives Roberto Zucco much of its campiness, but the play’s plot is no treat, either. Its title character (John Dewis) is a multiple murderer who enjoys making uninformative speeches about the place and nature...