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Read "Middle-Aged Radicals, Plucked from Suburbia" Read "Hiding in Plain Sight...
...screen, with the release of a film version of his first novel, Revolutionary Road, pairing Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in their first cinematic get-together since Titanic. The novel chronicles the painful disintegration of the marriage of Frank and April Wheeler, a seemingly model couple in vapid 1950s suburbia. The film, which faithfully captures that pain, promptly sank at the box office - grossing just $21 million so far - despite the fact that Winslet won a Golden Globe as Best Actress for her tortured role. (See pictures of Kate Winslet's 10 best roles...
...back now with Tales from Outer Suburbia, an illustrated volume of 15 stories or prose poems, mostly centered around the themes of journeying, faraway places and transformation, carving out between them rich territories of the strange, the allegorical and even the political...
...Pretty Fly For a Rabbi”—Parody of “Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)” by The Offspring As a Jewish kid from New Jersey, I was hurt by The Offspring’s assault on the wannabes of white suburbia. But change the subject matter to Bar Mitzvahs and pastrami: now that speaks to me. 4. “Smells Like Nirvana”—Parody of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana Here, Al decides to actually mock the band instead...
Revolutionary Road Richard Yates' devastating 1961 novel about a couple whose marriage implodes amid the cocktails and commuter trains of '50s suburbia may be the best book you've never read. So read it now--then see the film, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio...