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...even though Roth gets all the credit for being funny, Pynchon is funnier, finding the joke in much harder places than doing an American Pie with a piece of liver. In Mason and Dixon--written entirely in 18th century English, not an easy patois for slapstick--Ben Franklin gives people electric shocks as a bar trick, and George Washington gets high on the hemp from his own farm and speaks Yiddish. In Gravity's Rainbow, Tyrone Slothrop engages in a Malcolm X-assisted dive into a jazz-club toilet bowl that puts Trainspotting to shame...
...months shy of three years ago, a young man named Todd Hunter was admitted to the Duke University Medical Center near death from liver failure, most likely triggered by an antiseizure medicine prescribed after a fall near his home in Greenville, S.C. It happened to be the week that a team of TIME journalists was at Duke to report "A Week in the Life of a Hospital," the cover story of the magazine's Oct. 12, 1998, issue. Despite a series of miscommunications over insurance coverage that nearly derailed their efforts, Duke's doctors were able to find Hunter...
Before his brush with death, Hunter's marriage had been deteriorating almost as fast as his liver. Consumed by wrestling, he was seldom home. When he called from the road, if his son Blake, now 7, answered, the boy would hand the phone in silence to his mom. Now father and son--and daughter Brittany, 13--are inseparable. Kim calls her husband "a totally different human--a lot more of a family man." When Hunter grew concerned about his future with his employer, Joytime Amusement Co., he consulted his wife about the wisdom of changing jobs--no small decision...
...joking?the day's excreta. The guest book includes testaments to changed lives and?I wish I were joking?photos of half-meter-long expunged intestinal parasites. In addition to a seven-day fast, the Spa offers three-day courses and, for the busy spirit, the single-day "liver flush fast." The resort is also a magnet for passing alternative health therapists touting everything from hypnotherapy to acupuncture. Ask around: while many are skilled professionals, some are clearly charlatans. Check out spasamui.com or call (66-77) 230-855 for reservations. For more upmarket bungalows, try the Tamarind Retreat...
Think of it as a remake of a Hollywood movie starring a cast of familiar characters: the good cholesterol (HDL), the bad (LDL) and the ugly (heart disease). The heroes are diet, exercise and a class of drugs called statins that cut cholesterol levels sharply by blocking a liver enzyme involved in cholesterol production...