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...bring in the stenographer for a full confession. At a time when storytelling has largely been ceded to film-makers--when Pulp Fiction causes more chatter than pulp fiction--American Tabloid is a big, boisterous, rude and shameless reminder of why reading can be so engrossing and so much fun. The secret, of course, is language. When it is used well-which in Ellroy's case means being pared down to taut, telegraphic sentences, subject-verb-blooey!-one word is worth a thousand pictures...
...fictional meditation on the assassination of John F. Kennedy. At the time, Ellroy was a writer with a growing cult reputation; his crime novels, set in his native Los Angeles--The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential--had shown up on paperback best-seller lists and inspired much chatter among mystery fans: here was a guy who had pushed the genre way, way past hardboiled, into the realm of the terminally scalded. Ellroy seemed set on a path toward at least a shot at the ambition he had brashly revealed to interviewers who began seeking him out: "I want...
Sitting in his home in Bowie, Maryland, Bray had to raise his voice to be heard above the chatter of five of his eight children, who were playing in the next room. "These unborn babies are people worthy of protection," he explains. "There's nothing un-Christian about protecting the lives of the unborn." Although he signed Hill's justifiable homicide petition, Bray says he would never pull the trigger. "Of course," he adds, "if I had the zeal to go out and take some action, I wouldn't tell...
...Patti Thompson, their mentors in the St. Augustine Catholic Church's marriage-preparation program, all about their wedding plans. It will be a big June affair, Laura says, with eight bridesmaids and eight groomsmen, two flower girls, a ring bearer and two priests. Patti Thompson cuts through the chatter. "How much time have you put into your marriage?" she asks, adding pointedly, "Your wedding is just one day. Your marriage is the rest of your life...
Moore slathers a thick Southern accent on the empty chatter that fills up the life of a woman who can name all of Snow White's seven dwarfs, except Happy. Moore and Ashong's encounters sizzle, changing an innocent game of pool into the dangerous terrain it represents for both of them...