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...founding member of the "new philosopher" movement - which urged action over purely conceptual thought, and broke leftist ranks by denouncing Soviet communism as fascism - the mediagenic BHL (as he's usually known) has been relentless. He has published countless essays and more than 30 books, including his 2003 "investi-novel" Who Killed Daniel Pearl?, a partly fictionalized investigation of the people and places that led to the Wall Street Journal reporter's 2002 beheading by Islamic extremists in Pakistan. When not typing, BHL is a frequent guest on chat shows, a staple of celebrity magazines and a durable symbol...
Catholics and protestants in Northern Ireland have seen peace deals fall apart time and again. But when the latest push for a final settlement between nationalists and unionists ran aground last week, it was due to a novel deal breaker: a $50 million bank heist. Ulster's Chief Constable, Hugh Orde, announced Friday that he believed the brazen Dec. 20 robbery from the Belfast headquarters of Northern Bank had been the work of the I.R.A. - a statement that immediately derailed a power-sharing deal that had seemed close to a positive conclusion just weeks earlier. The I.R.A. denied involvement...
...novel’s principle characters include Nick and Arthur, an interracial gay couple, Rosa, who has escaped from war-torn Guatemala, and Child, who is entangled with the foster care system. Now an Arlington resident, Hindley calls her novel “a Harvard Square story.” The novel takes the audience to a number of locations on the Harvard campus, including Memorial Hall...
...Harvard Coop began carrying copies of Grace soon after Hindley’s novel turned up on street corners and Cambridge landmarks. Hindley reasons that the establishment “realized it was important to carry...
Hindley set out to tell a tale proving that “families aren’t necessarily connected by bloodlines.” Originally a screenplay, she said Grace was being shopped around movie studios in Los Angeles when she decided to turn it into a novel. “A Christmas story about a gay couple doesn’t make it in Los Angeles,” she said...