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...again draws inspiration from Albany, the hometown he once described as an "improbable city of political wizards, fearless ethnics, spectacular aristocrats, splendid nobodies, and underrated scoundrels." The aforementioned now rub elbows and knock heads in a novel that once more demonstrates the author's passion for place and his skill as a literary magician. How else should one describe a writer who moves effortlessly through time and who can summon ghostly characters from previous books to play full-blooded roles in his latest work...
PHIL GRAMM With a skill that eluded him during Oval Office bid, he creates an issue: the "Clinton...
...Corsage' (Viking; 209 pages; $23.95). Kennedy once described his hometown as an 'improbable city of political wizards, fearless ethnics, spectacular aristocrats, splendid nobodies, and underrated scoundrels.' "The aforementioned now rub elbows and knock heads in a novel that once more demonstrates the author's passion for place and his skill as a literary magician, says TIME's R.Z. Sheppard. "How else should one describe a writer who moves effortlessly through time and who can summon ghostly characters from previous books to play full-blooded roles in his latest work?" Readers familiar with Kennedy's earlier work in 'Ironweed' and 'Billy...
DIED. DON CLAYTON, 70, miniature-golf king; of internal bleeding; in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He replaced garish windmills and gimmicks with truly difficult greens, turning child's play into a test of skill--and 265 Putt-Putt courses...
More than 200 students from Leverett and Quincy Houses participated in games of assassin this past month. Those who survive today have relied on luck, skill and--usually--a tremendous amount of their time...