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...killer. She was convicted of manslaughter in 1981 and sentenced to death for shooting a lesbian lover in 1988. None of her supporters, including the Rev. Jesse Jackson--who was among 28 protesters arrested at Allen's prison--were trying to spring her or dismiss the suffering she has caused two families. They were arguing that under the circumstances, an execution was barbaric...
...quickly uncovers some interesting complications. The victim, Catarina Sousa Oliveira, was the daughter of a powerful, well-connected local attorney and his second wife and had already, despite her tender years, demonstrated a precocious fondness for sex and drugs. In fact, she had recently seduced her mother's lover and arranged the tryst so that the mother could catch them...
...that Winterson thinks she can successfully shift time and place with a simple chapter heading. As a result, the book becomes entirely confusing; it is impossible to tell when the protagonist has changed age or gender, for often the protagonist will remain the same but the time, place and lover will be different. If Winterson's intent is to involve the reader in an interactive hunt to chase down the three or four occasionally similar story-lines, then she succeeds...
...intentionally funny paintings in the show--there are plenty that look funny but weren't meant to be--is Barse Miller's 1932 view of a downtown temple in L.A. over which floats the apparition of Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist and sexpot, flanked by figures of Venus, her lover in a straw hat, and little top-hatted putti clutching sacks of dollars like teeny refugees from a Popular Front cartoon of bosses...
Ghosts of Christmases past haunt Elton John this week as the secrets of his private spending sprees continue to leak out of his legal imbroglio with a former lover. John, of course, is the world's most famous compulsive shopper-he once boasted that he could find a shop in the Sahara desert and has four luxury homes, and all sorts of vintage cars, jewelry, outrageous costumes and clothes. Out of court came the precise figure: John once spent $56.95 million in a 20 month period, more than $468,000 of it on flowers alone. When asked to explain...