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Where this book succeeds most is on the level of satire. Unlike in his previous books, Palahniuk does not show his readers a secret or paranormal world, but instead takes one especially familiar to most modern audiences and exaggerates its flaws to significant comic effect. For example in one scene...

Author: By Andrew F. Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Palahniuk Goes for Shock, Ends Up with Shlock | 4/27/2010 | See Source »

Martel writes with a smooth, almost stoned detachment, cool to the touch, which gives a distant, unreal feeling to a story that's already dangerously weird and abstract. The taxidermist's play turns out to be a Beckettian affair about a monkey and a donkey, Beatrice and Virgil, who live...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shock the Monkey | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

What is it like to be a member of an elite (albeit dying) breed? Ezra Klein gives us the scoop.

Author: By Zoe A.Y. Weinberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Interview with a Banker | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

The league title gives Penn an automatic bid to an NCAA regional tournament. The Crimson has an outside chance at receiving an at-large bid to the postseason, but “the percentage is small, unfortunately,” Rhoads said.

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Three-Peat Not in The Cards for Golf | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

YM: [laughs] God, it’s very generous saying it was impressive. I thought at one point I wanted to go into politics, but I don’t have any art for that. I might have been a teacher. I had good teachers when I was a kid...

Author: By Anna M. Yeung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Yann Martel | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

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