Word: ghosting
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...quite roomy. The next step is to point out that mind-boggling immensity seems to be one of the points of the exercise. Mailer's narrator, an aging CIA hand named Herrick ("Harry") Hubbard, who has written the two manuscripts that make up the bulk of Harlot's Ghost (Random House; 1,310 pages; $30), notes that he has been guided by Thomas Mann's assertion "Only the exhaustive is truly interesting." By that standard alone, Harry and Mailer have produced the most interesting book in recent memory...
...Unfortunately, other criteria for engaging a reader's attention also exist: plot, suspense, characterization, dialogue, effective prose. In all these areas, Harlot's Ghost runs into serious difficulties, sometimes intermittently, sometimes over the long haul. No one can deny Mailer's monumental ambition in this novel or his dedication to the hard, slogging work that writing an enormous narrative entails. What can be questioned is whether his fundamental premise -- a fictional history of a real Central Intelligence Agency -- was not misconceived from the beginning...
Audiences will also be treated to an appearance by Elvis, or at least an Elvis ghost impersonator, according to Rossetti. In fact, the Elvis impersonator is one of the show's main characters...
...matter what era you encounter her in. But nothing quite accounts for this silly movie's surprise success. The idea of having but one life to lead has always been a bummer, but never more than it is for today's health-conscious audience. Movies like this one (and Ghost) suggest that working out and eating right are not in vain. If they can't assure immortality, they may at least keep you fit for the second go-around...
...then he meets Sachiko. Her husband is a typical "salaryman," continually absent from home. For a while, the monkish American and the lady regard each other at arm's length. But the couple are soon overtaken by enchantment. "I little ghost," she tells him. "Old Japanese story: ghost visit man many many times, many very happy time together. But man's friends much worry. His face more weak, more pale. Ghost eating his heart." Reflects Iyer: "She could hardly have given more eloquent expression to all my unspoken fears...