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...last year, it instantly became a cult hit among readers and practically a fetish object to critics. Bolaņo's other major novel, 2666, is even more massive and more bizarre. It is also a masterpiece, and its publication in English translation by Farrar, Straus & Giroux on Nov. 11 is the most electrifying literary event of the year. With 2666, Bolaņo's posthumous conquest of America is complete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Broken Book | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...meeting the post-election smear campaign head-on, she may have silenced it. On Nov. 11, McCain appeared on the Tonight Show to announce he "couldn't be happier" with his former running mate, despite polls showing she may have cost their ticket more votes than she earned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moment | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...Even if Obama had not won, I would still have done the same.' PAMELA ADHIAMBO, a Kenyan woman who named her newborn twins Barack and Michelle. More than half the babies born at Kenya's Kisumu Hospital on Nov. 5 were named after the President-elect or his wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...honoring them by discussing this war.' JOY BEHAR, saying few newspaper headlines noted the Nov. 11 holiday or the number of soldiers who have died since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...philanthrocapitalism n.--Also known as venture philanthropy. A business-like approach to charity USAGE: "Leading philanthrocapitalists are giving away unprecedented amounts of money--Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are together handing out about $3.5 billion a year through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation." --NEW YORK TIMES, NOV...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

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