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Most of you have probably seen "Psyho," Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece of suspense and lunacy, at some time or another. It's one of those films that has achieved the status of American institution, like "Casablanca" or "Citizen kane." The Shower Scene. The screech-screech noise. Need I say more...
...being found out; as she drives, she imagines the reactions of her boss, her sister and her co-worker as they discover that she and the money are gone. A suspicious cop adds to the drama, especially if we know what's in store for her in that shower (as you undoubtedly do): if only she'd turn herself in to this cop, we can't help but think. For a good deal of the movie, most characters think that they are involved in thatplot, in one case up to the point of meeting the same grisly demise as Marion...
...short story collection, A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain. He's still on his feet at the end of They Whisper (Holt; 333 pages; $22.50), but he's moving slowly, like a man who has just bushwhacked through 20 miles of tidal marsh and who needs a hot shower and breakfast. Guessing how this valiant effort will be received is chancy. Is a reader close enough to the hero's fleshy predicament to feel more involved than exasperated? Distant enough to remember that in matters of sex, all positions are ridiculous...
...offenders are subjected to a military-style "shock incarceration" program of three to six months. Offered to first-term nonviolent offenders as an alternative to jail, the programs feature military drills and hard labor. Some also include substance-abuse treatment and training that ranges from how to take a shower to how to persuade a prospective employer to hire you despite your prison record...
...roar. The children dropped to the ground and then, when more explosions followed, ran for the beckoning safety of their building. Inside, fearful families rushed to the windows. As they watched, a shell exploded just behind the running children. The fresh snow instantly turned red: the blast and its shower of metal fragments killed five youngsters outright. A sixth died after arriving at a hospital. Two others were badly wounded. In this war there are no safe zones, even for children...