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Many readers will not have the stomach to get past the middle. By that time, the novel's narrator, Patrick Bateman, is in full graphic babble about his adventures as a serial killer. With knife and pistol, he dispatches pets, children, high-fashion colleagues and ragged beggars. These are only warm-ups for what the M.B.A. monster does to women with nail gun, power drill, chain saw and, in a scene that should cause the loudest uproar, a hungry rodent. Those who are interested in the gobbets can exercise their rights as free American consumers early next year -- that...
...soldiers volunteer that there are no bullets in their M-16s. Three days ago, while traveling by bus to the barracks where the Second Brigade is stationed, a staff sergeant in another company fired a 9-mm pistol round into his helmet, which was on the floor of the bus at the time. No one has an explanation for the incident. But after it, the troops were quickly ordered to turn in all but an emergency supply of ammunition...
...scene is a life-size photograph of Bush, the kind that tourists in Washington pay $5 to pose with. But Bush's version, a Christmas gift from the U.S. Army, is framed and has a dozen-odd bullet holes in its head. It was retrieved from the private pistol range of Manuel Noriega. Nearby are the original police mug shots of Noriega, face front and silhouette. Does the President enshrine these images as prehistoric men wore totems from which to derive strength? Or is this the beginning of a Terrorist Trophy Room, where the President, who often trains a double...
...senior general once warned him, according to an Iraqi informant, that an attack he had ordered would lead to very high casualties. Saddam invited the general into the next room to discuss the matter. After the door closed behind them, a shot rang out. Saddam returned alone, stuffing his pistol into his holster...
...stalemate, with a loss of an estimated 75,000 to 150,000 Iraqi lives and the country's economy in ruins. To rebuild from the wreckage, Saddam needed more oil revenues, and when Kuwait interfered with his plans, he reached -- as ever -- for his pistol...