Word: novelists
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...House of Meetings because the hero - the narrator's saintly brother - is named Lev, an unusual choice which I accept as an homage a moi.) I reached Amis by phone in Philadelphia, where his book tour has taken him. We chatted about House of Meetings, the ego of the novelist, the boredom of good characters, and why the English hate writers...
...former Green Beret colonel, Arthur ("Bull") Simons, to lead an improbable rescue mission. Incredibly, it succeeded. Perot's operatives persuaded a revolutionary mob to storm the jail where the EDS men were held, then spirited the Americans 500 miles to safety in Turkey. Perot's feat was popularized by Novelist Ken Follett in the best seller On Wings of Eagles and by the NBC mini-series of the same name. Perot was invited to serve (from 1982 to 1985) on President Reagan's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board...
...demise are a constant dirge, Hall has helped keep the novel alive with his own wildly unpredictable outpourings. From meticulously researched historical sagas to dystopian futurism (Kisses of the Enemy), parallel universes (The Last Love Story) and magic realism (The Island in the Mind), the thrice Booker Prize?nominated novelist has surfed genres seemingly at random. Hall is an automatic writer in the Surrealist sense, giving vent to his dark subconscious. So it hardly comes as a surprise when the author stops to admire a graffiti-scribbled wall, against which Time's photographer decides to shoot...
...bloggers who yearn to see their words printed offline, Adam Bellow, a 20-year book publishing veteran (and son of novelist Saul Bellow), is now giving them the chance. Bellow's new project, the New Pamphleteer (TNP), aspires to be the publisher of choice for online pundits. The company doesn't intend to simply recycle old blog posts, but will also commission new work from popular bloggers that is not available online. For now, the print runs are small, in the hundreds, but Bellow hopes it's only the beginning...
...even traditional leftist organizations like the Republican People's Party are campaigning on a nationalist program. Its leader Deniz Baykal has spoken out against the European Union and legislation for religious minorities. He has even opposed lifting an anti-free speech law under which Dink and Nobel prize-winning novelist Orhan Pamuk were prosecuted...