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...tolerate a "badmash chuckeroo." Thus the remarkable aspect of Ghosh's writing - his acute sensitivity to place and historical setting - can also present something of a drawback. The occasionally overzealous nature of his politics is also disappointing in a writer of such intelligence and originality. Here, imperialists are corrupt and bad, and Ghosh's descriptions of some verge on hackneyed: the Ibis' English owner, for instance, expounds upon the divine right of free trade one moment, and then lasciviously forces a young girl to spank him - in church - the next...
...making documentaries but for a variety of reasons that didn’t work out well at all, so I applied for a creative writing Master’s at the University of Cape Town. 10. FM: Your novel, “Blood Kin,” describes a corrupt political regime through the eyes of multiple narrators. Where did this story come from? CD: I had a film idea to do a portrait of the South African president, Thabo Mbeki. He’s quite an enigmatic political figure, he’s seen as quite distant from...
...spontaneous combustion. And he's keenly aware of the deeper danger of fire for America's first black presidential nominee. Over the past 19 months, he's been attacked as a naive novice, an empty suit, a tax-and-spend liberal, an arugula-grazing litist and a corrupt ward heeler, but the attacks that nearly derailed him involved the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, attacks designed to portray Obama as an angry black man. White America has embraced unthreatening African Americans like Tiger Woods, Oprah Winfrey, Will Smith and Colin Powell, but this is still a majority-white country, and Obama...
...course we’ll stay in touch Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: Sorry to interrupt, but I actually don’t care, so... Favorite childhood activity: Playing guns and robbers while visiting home in Nigeria. Except with real guns, real robbers, and corrupt police. Sexiest physical trait: I’m gonna keep it PG here and just keep it moving. Next question. Best part about Harvard: Friday, when you realize it’s the weekend Worst part about Harvard: Sunday, when you review how the weekend failed to deliver Describe yourself...
...McCain campaign's silly-season accusations that he's a charismatic chauvinist who wants to teach kindergartners how to have sex. Over the past 18 months, Obama has been attacked as a naive novice, an empty suit, a tax-and-spend liberal, an arugula-grazing élitist and a corrupt ward heeler, but the only attacks that clearly stung him involved the Rev. Jeremiah Wright - attacks that portrayed him as an angry black man under the influence of an even angrier black man. (See photos of Barack Obama on the campaign trail here.) (See photos of Barack Obama backstage...