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Salzman made a movie of his book, due out next month, and has now written his first novel, also with a Chinese theme. It would be good to report that he has managed another conjuring act, but that is not quite true. The Laughing Sutra is very promising and often...
Baby-Sitters was the brainchild of Jean Feiwell, editor in chief at Scholastic Inc., which publishes juvenile books. She noticed that tales with the word baby-sitter in the title sold well to young girls eager for that first taste of grownup responsibility. The club members -- now totaling seven -- and...
THE SECRET PILGRIM by John le Carre (Knopf; $21.95). So what if these related tales seem like outtakes from a story that has already been told? They are exciting reminders of Le Carre's fictional saga of postwar British intelligence, and best of all, they include the reappearance of George...
If Lucas has yet to show real subtlety or depth, he does, in a couple of instances, come upon a pathos deeper than mere appetite, and reveal, beneath the plump lubriciousness, regrets and surprising pleasures. Characters find themselves reproved by expectation, exiles on all fronts. At their best, his stories...
What will it take for athletes to think differently about steroids? Maybe more cautionary tales like that of Rhory Moss, the 21-year-old star quarterback from New York's Hofstra University. For six weeks last year, he injected steroids into his buttocks, not to improve his football, he says...