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...this book. The pieces are interrelated, lightly and adroitly, by the recurrence of four common characters, Fitzgerald, Chen, Ming and Sri, all doctors. In some stories, Lam writes about his characters in the third person; for others, he uses the first. In less adept hands, this technique could easily seem affected. But Lam's handling of the quickly shifting perspectives is deft and gives the collection an agreeable dynamism...
...noise that we actually hear ... the crying of the child, the belligerence of drunkenness, the thin whine of a failed suicide." And there is a jaded professionalism in the med-school lesson recalled by Fitzgerald during a long night shift: "Always sit down with the patient. It makes it seem like you've spent more time and that you care. If you give this impression (this is the subtext) then the patients will do what you say and leave quickly...
...Scattered among the righteously aggrieved are solo protesters whose vigils seem downright quixotic. Ramdev Kumar, for instance, claims that his wife left him for someone else and his brother usurped his house. For the past two years, Kumar has been agitating for some sort of recompense. "I want the government to do something," he says simply...
...Obama Debate? I think Obama's reluctance to debate, especially in a town-hall context, stems from his not wanting to think on his feet, something he doesn't seem to do particularly well, with his frequent stammering and "wait a minute" efforts to clarify himself [Aug. 18]. When you can't be straight with people about what you really want to do, you get stuck trying to think fast about what you can say that will placate the large majority of people and not tick off your base. In Obama's case, that seems to present a real challenge...
Aside from Mitt Romney, you seem to be the most popular Mormon right now in the U.S. Do you feel that you are a good representative of your religion? -Mary-Jean Corriss CENTRAL, ISLIP, N.Y.Being Mormon is a big part of who I am, and I try very hard to live the right way, but I don't know that I'm an example. I hate to say, "Yes, look at me. I'm a good example of being Mormon." I want to be the best person I can be, so in that aspect, maybe I'm a good example...