Word: lamentable
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This makes one appreciate Hugo Whittier, the narrator and quasi-hero of Kate Christensen's remarkable novel The Epicure's Lament (Doubleday; 351 pages), all the more. At 40, Hugo is a lazy, handsome, brilliant, bitter, unscrupulous trust-fund dilettante who--having failed miserably as a drug dealer, gigolo and writer--is rattling around his ancestral mansion in upstate New York, waiting to die. Hugo is a coldhearted bastard, or he likes to think he is, and he spews hilariously venomous bile on anyone who comes within range. He is also a snob, a genuine sophisticate who sits around musing...
...Bows are cinematic—thick, sweeping layers of piano, guitar and organ produce compelling vignettes that dwarf the simplicity of lyrics. Hamilton Leithauser’s vocals glide and soar behind a scratchy veil, adding poignancy to the mundane actions and thoughts he sings about. On break-up lament “The North Pole,” he sounds on the verge of shattering as he howls, “Everybody knows / That’s the way it goes.” But the childlike “New Year’s Eve” finds...
...incentives that are eventually shrunken down or simply taken away, the state should get out of business's way," scolds Lenoir, a proud economic liberal who thinks France's conservative government has the right reformist idea - but may lack the political courage to impose it fully. Lenoir's lament is common among French small-business owners, who form a massive economic chorus. Ninety-nine percent of France's 2.5 million businesses employ fewer than 50 people - yet they still make up 53% of the labor market. Despite Lenoir's major gripes with France's labor strictures and tax regimes...
...definitely lament the fact that I even had to make the choice at all,” says Adams...
...those faces / You'll never forget." The score ranges from Brecht-Weill for the age of irony (Ich Bin Kunst), to disco with a touch of wit (?Tell me what you feel / I'll show you what to do / We don?t do sincere / Everything taboo"), to a haunting lament for the passing of Warhol?s 15 minutes (You?re Out of Fashion), along with a batch of soulful and melodic ballads. At times, the show has the over-the-top rock emotionalism of the 1980s musical Chess - another great score scuttled by a problematic book. Ten years from...