Word: talese
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The Book and the Brotherhood is Iris Murdoch's 23rd novel. That number alone does not fully convey the amazing range of her productivity. For as seasoned Murdoch readers can attest, she has seldom been content simply to tell one story at a time. Her fiction typically doubles up, offering...
Much of the personal drama of politics takes place behind the scenes. Here are some of the latest whispered tales from the campaign trail:
"Look for the truth of a case with your own eyes," he decided during 20 years as a California judge. When a driver claims his car couldn't go over 35 m.p.h., his Honor-on-the-spot takes it out for a spin. What did a policeman see through the...
The Gorbachev family probably avoided the worst of the suffering: it was on the winning side. Mikhail's grandfather Andrei helped organize the Khleborob (bread producer) collective farm in the year of Gorbachev's birth. Andrei's son Sergei drove a combine for a nearby government machine-tractor station. $ But...
Tall tales and antic anecdotes from Hollywood' s vintage wits and malaprops enliven a new anthology. -- The year' s most.