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Cliff W. Chiang ’96 knows dark and twisted. Five years ago, this Harvard grad left his job as assistant editor for the Vertigo comics imprint—the branch of DC Comics responsible for publishing “V for Vendetta,” as well as...
But after reading it, I still have difficulty defining the nebulous and protean genre, which includes legal thrillers, spy thrillers, and action-adventures, and traces its lineage to a variety of authors including Edgar Allan Poe, Joseph Conrad, and Graham Greene.
Allusions to previous plot lines and novels are frequent, and while they are not central to the stories, they leave far too many nagging questions and undermine the collection’s attempt to reach new readers. “The Hunt for Dmitri” particularly irks. The story...
Fat has entered the classroom with the growth of a new academic discipline that gives new meaning to the phrase “heavy reading.” Going beyond the standard medical and biological views of weight and obesity, “fat studies” examines the political...
Of course. Thanks to all these second-hand snippets I’ve already pieced together, I’ve fantasized about racing Venetian gondolas on weekends, staging a performance of “Little Town” in France, and tranquilly reading Hemingway in a sunny Pamplona caf?...