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...squadron of toddlers tapdances behind her on rows of white pianos. Instead of actually singing, though, Eileen and her chorus mouth the words to an original version of the 30's hit. All the songs in the film are done this way, and it adds a bizarre twist to Arthur's wish for a place "where the songs are real...
Only a remarkable twist, like the birth of Palestine, distinguishes one explosion from another in Beirut. For the past seven years the city has known the unremitting violence of the Palestinians, Phalangists, Syrians and Israelis; the high period was a full-scale civil war in 1975-76, which blotted out up to 60,000 lives, roughly the same number that the U.S. lost during 14 years in Viet Nam. For the past few years destruction has been confined to Israeli reprisals against the P.L.O.; sporadic clashes of the Syrians, Phalangists and Palestinians; and the ordinary run of street bombings...
...NABOKOV THE NOVELIST has a special affinity with Gogol. They are both obsessed with words, with the curious and beautiful poetic possibilities of their languages. They both love a story for its own sake; they shy away from messages and morals. They twist the literary conventions. Above all, they challenge the imagination. Nabokov treats Gogol lovingly; it makes for a delightful and intelligent opening chapter...
...prettily played by Rachel Ward). That leads to a further excellent passage, for in the course of listening to her bugged conversations and photographing her comings and goings with powerful lenses, Sharky's professionally justified voyeurism turns to romantic longing, not to say obsession, and, eventually, a plot twist that has been good ever since Laura's face was first glimpsed in a misty light...
Regretably, most other books this season don't deserve more than a cursory glance. With any of three books, you can divine the answer to the Rubik's cube puzzle; the people who twist the multi-colored square for hours every day can now spend more time reading about it. You Can Do The Cube, by a 12-year-old British whiz-kid who probably has no friends, is the most popular...