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...made sure the Aquia Creek sandstone used for the original mansion was the best. That stone came out of a friend's quarry in Virginia. Though Washington was in Philadelphia during much of the construction, he dropped in often enough to terrorize and entice Master Builder James Hoban into doing superb work. When Congress wanted to expropriate the building for the Supreme Court, Washington said no. When Congress wanted the House of Representatives in the structure, Washington put his foot down. So on a March day in 1797, when Washington came to gaze proudly on the largest house abuilding...
FICTION: Ancient Evenings, Norman Mailer ¶Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Gabriel Garcia Mdrquez The Feud, Thomas Berger ¶The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco Pilgermann, Russell Hoban ¶Sister Age, M.F.K. Fisher
...opened his Hoban Restaurant on Western Avenue a decade ago, and profits have increased tenfold. Yet, after 14 years in L.A., he speaks barely passable English. Yum has not refused to become fluent. He is just too busy. "Money is our first priority," he says. "We have to work first, and then we have time to learn the language. Or our children will...
FICTION: Ancient Evenings, Norman Mailer ∙Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Gabriel Garcia Mdrquez Heartburn, Nora Ephron Ironweed, William Kennedy Pilgermann, Russell Hoban ∙Sister Age, M.F.K. Fisher
...Pilgermann does live, both as a character in a vivid moment of the historical past and as a living, questing spirit. Hoban successfully creates a pilgrim who once traveled and who has not stopped. His novel is not an easy read only a fascinating and rewarding one. -By Paul Gray