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...Paper Lion, among the finest sports books ever written. Plimpton also guest-starred on The Simpsons, danced at Truman Capote's Black and White Ball and witnessed the assassination of Robert Kennedy. Though he loved to play the underdog, he never lost his dignity or his twinkly-eyed patrician charm. --By Lev Grossman
...LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY Alexander McCall Smith (Anchor) Precious Ramotswe runs a female detective agency in Botswana with cunning, charm and a how-to manual...
...While it's directed at kids, "Little Lit" volume three (RAW Junior; 48 pp.; $19.95) will charm adults by making them feel like kids again. Its large dimensions make yours hands look tiny in comparison. Inside is a delightfully colorful mix of short new comics along with puzzles like Barbara McLintock's lovely find-the-differences page. Even the stiffest octogenarian could not resist perusing the bear's picnic for missing apples and extra toes. The comics are by an interdisciplinary group of writers and artists, all of whose stories begin with the line "It was a dark and silly...
...production. Handling Lenny Bruce’s words with a sure feel for their comedy and poignancy, Franken makes it needless to debate the accuracy of his portrayal, Franken is not imitating Bruce, but he infuses the role with a vitality which recreates Lenny’s charm, wit and concern. Making the transition to convincing desperation when he is finally convicted of obscenity charges proves difficult for the ebullient actor, but he recovers his depth of characterization as Bruce’s degradation increases...
...headliners, the directors wisely don't ask too much of Chen and Yue, keeping their characters to the periphery?although by the end of the film Yue has managed to capture some of Tony Leung's moral queasiness while Chen assumes a bit of Andy Lau's cold-blooded charm. The focus is on the grownups: Anthony Wong's borderline-rogue police inspector; and Eric Tsang's joyful triad tough, who goes from being a naive mid-level criminal to a malevolent little (and powerful) toad, willing to whack any and all enemies. Given room to act by a story...