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...mystery of National and American League players meeting for the first time. By next spring, interleague play, if approved by the players union, will be a regular part of baseball. Baltimore's Cal Ripken will have seen NL starting pitcher John Smoltz's best fastball; Cincinnati's Barry Larkin will know the break on AL starter Charles Nagy's curveball. Some players and fans, of course, fear the allure of the game may wear off if matchups like these aren't saved for All-Star games and the World Series. As for this year, some of the usual star power...
...with very little real drama. That missing ingredient, however, has been whipped up in generous gobs in both prosecutor Christopher Darden's In Contempt (ReganBooks; $26), written with Jess Walter, and this week's offering, defense attorney Robert Shapiro's The Search for Justice (Warner Books; $24.95), written with Larkin Warren. There are no bombshells here, but both lawyers take the reader on a breathless you-are-there ride, evoking once again all the emotions of that fevered epoch in this country's history. Which emotions, of course, depends on whose Rashomon-like tale you are reading at the time...
...close vote, Cincinnati's Barry Larkin beat out Colorado slugger Dante Bichette and Atlanta's Greg Maddux to become the first shortstop in 33 years to win the National League Most Valuable Player Award. Although Bichette led the league in home runs, and Maddux was the leader in wins and earned run average, voters chose to reward the all-around contributions Larkin made both off the field as a clubhouse leader and on, where he hit .319 and played excellent defense...
...takes on the accent, manners and tastes of his social betters. Amis, however, whose education was interrupted by four years of service in the Royal Corps of Signals during World War II, returned to Oxford with no intention of kowtowing to the prevailing dogmas. He and his friend Philip Larkin, another scholarship boy who went on to literary renown, hung out in pubs, listened to American jazz and privately mocked the arty, Bloomsbury pretensions of their dons. Amis' skill at mimicry flowered in Larkin's appreciative presence: "Kingsley's masterpiece, which was so demanding I heard him do it only...
...title characters captivate the audience when Shah, played by Robert Larkin, romantically approaches Mum, played by Danielle L. DiDio. Larkin's use of poetry to win his love's affection is a demonstration of the power words can have when used well . DiDio's reluctance and then grace in joining Shah is lovely to watch, and her face glows with affection...