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George Bush was not nearly as successful in studies as in sports. When I asked him what books had shaped his life, he answered Hynes' Flights of Passage -- a rather late entry. Asked for earlier influences, he said, "Well, we had a lot of obligatory reading when I was young...
Spencer's sociology and cosmopolitan tastes are not obvious. Geography, class and manners are surfaces that refract the deeper feelings and emerging awarenesses of her characters. Some are confronted with familiar situations. The young woman in the title story learns the truth about her parents' marriage after her mother dies...
I lumbered to the bathroom and stared uncertainly into the mirror. What stared back was . . . was . . . was it Thomagata, the one-eyed, four-eared Colombian god of thunder, chastened by his encounter with the sun-god Bochica? Or was it Chonchonyi, the revolting, bloodsucking god of Chile with the long...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a presidential candidate with a good chance of winning must be in want of a Treasury Secretary. And an Assistant Secretary of State. And a special assistant in charge of federal procurement policy. Jane Austen would keenly appreciate the spirited comedy of manners...
Especially since they keep sidling up to promising comic ideas. The incognito Prince meets the street paupers, who immediately steal his vanload of Vuitton luggage. The Prince discovers that even heaps of living cannot convert a slum apartment into a palace. The Prince takes a job as janitor in a...