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...first graphic novel, Box Office Poison (2001), spent over 500 pages examining the lives of a group of 20-somethings living in New York. Tricked gets more focused, both in length (only 350 pages!) and ambition. Carefully and cleverly structured to weave six separate stories together into a climax, Tricked reveals both the pitfalls and the appeal of this increasingly popular kind of narrative...
...Martin Sheen’s helicopter swoops down on Vietnamese villages while Wagner’s “The Ride of the Valkyries” blares in the background. But Swofford and his fellow marines never get the conflict they want to fight. When the war ends without climax, the soldiers fire their rifles in the air in a masturbatory barrage. As the soldiers go home, it’s clear the Marine Corps has been a cocktease and a cheap date; it dehumanized and psychologically damaged its men. Although Mendes references ideas from other war movies, he donates...
...erudition and scope, Illicit has one vexing flaw: its lack of substantial original research. Na?m is an armchair tour guide, relying mostly on well-worn news stories and official reports. For a book on the underground trade in sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, Illicit is disappointingly dry. The climax is not a memorable glimpse inside a smuggling ring, but a raft of policy suggestions such as better coordination among government agencies and improved international cooperation?hardly page-turning stuff. Still, Na?m succeeds in presenting a clear account of how illicit commerce works and what its consequences are. In doing...
...utility TVO to build a new nuclear plant was overwhelmingly rejected by parliament. But on a balmy night this September, some 300 executives from the world of energy and politics clambered into a huge hole in the Finnish town of Olkiluoto to watch a laser lightshow as the climax of a highly unusual celebration: the groundbreaking for the first nuclear plant to be built in Europe in 14 years. This time, after a heated debate that led to the resignation of the Green party from government, Finland approved the utility's application because of worries about climate change and uncertainties...
...help him become familiar with the surroundings. He will show the bomber side streets and alternative routes to the destination and sometimes will drive a pilot car well ahead of the bomber to check for any last-minute changes in the target area. Sometimes al-Tamimi will videotape the climax of the operation on behalf of the bomber's sponsors. He enjoys documenting these final moments in the lives of the bombers, he says, "because they will one day be part of Iraqi history...