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Tales of O'Donnell's taut temper and bossy style--later reported in rancorous rehearsals for the Broadway version she is producing of the Boy George musical Taboo, scheduled to open this week--went public, further diminishing her likability quotient. Her LQ suffered another jolt last week when Cindy Spengler...
Fame and wealth came late for Patrick O'Brian. He was already 55 in 1970 when he published Master and Commander, the first of what would be 20 volumes in his irresistible naval saga set in the time of the Napoleonic wars. But by the time the last volume appeared...
That night, I described the scene to a couple of male journalists who had been regaling me with tales of their hunt for Osama bin Laden with the U.S. Army. One of these battle-hardened reporters surprised me by saying, wistfully, "I wish I could have seen that." I realized...
In The Storyteller's Daughter, British-born Afghan Saira Shah is unable to deliver as much insight as Seierstad does into the culture of her "lost homeland." Shah's uneven account of her attempts to reconcile the enchanting Afghanistan of her exiled father's tales with her own harrowing encounters...
One thing Sacco hasn't improved, because he's already the best at it, is his layouts. He has a natural gift for arranging images for maximum dynamism and variety, while never fatiguing the audience's eye. One full-page tour de force shows Neven in his element, drinking with...