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...It’s been cold [this week], but not record-setting by any stretch of the imagination,” said Michael C. Jackson, a meteorologist at the National Weather Forecast Service in Taunton...
...superb storyteller, sophisticated observer of human nature, and keen appraiser of ethics and morality...'The Little Friend' flowers with emotional insight, a gift for comedy and a sure sense of pacing. Wisely, this novel eschews a feel-good resolution. What it does provide is an immensely satisfying reading experience. FORECAST: Bestsellerdom is writ large for this novel, sure to be greeted with rave reviews. The soft-spoken, diminutive Tartt, who looks more like a Southern belle than a writer with a dark imagination, should be an asset on talk shows." 300,000 first printing...
...Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers," giving it a starred review. "Ellsberg's transformation from cold warrior and Defense Department analyst to impassioned antiwar crusader who released the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times in June 1971 makes a remarkable and riveting story that still shocks 30 years later...FORECAST: Broad and prominent review coverage is guaranteed, and boomers, especially those who opposed the war, will grab this. But it remains to be seen whether a post-Vietnam generation will be similarly moved...
...titillated by "Live From New York: An Uncensored History of 'Saturday Night Live'" by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller (Little, Brown; October 7). "This oral history of NBC's 'Saturday Night Live' is the juiciest treasure trove of backstage gossip, sex and drugs since 'The Andy Warhol Diaries'...FORECAST: Little, Brown editor Geoff Shandler got the buzz going on this book at BookExpo in May, and a first serial in this month's issue of Vanity Fair has heightened the buzz to a roar. Ubiquitous media coverage and rave reviews should rocket this one onto bestseller lists...
...believes the global economy is recovering, but it added to the gloom shaking markets when it released its World Economic Outlook with a host of downward revisions for expected economic growth. The IMF lowered its prediction for global growth in 2003 from 4% to 3.7%, cut the E.U.'s forecast increase from 2.9% to 2.3% and slashed the U.S. outlook nearly a point, to 2.6%. A Brand That Won't Quit At least there's still a hot market for one commodity: schadenfreude. The auction in Houston for Enron leftovers attracted 3,000 people. The most-desired item? The famous...