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...Chrysanthemum Palace (Simon & Schuster; 210 pages) is Bruce Wagner's fifth satirical novel and his fifth set among the moguls and movie stars of Hollywood. Which makes you wonder whether there's really any muck left in Hollywood for him to rake. Hasn't he already scorched all the earth, dug up all the bodies, skewered all the foibles there are to skewer...
...sharp, funny show-biz business here. The celebrity cameos come thick and fast (Sharon Stone! Rob Reiner!), and Thad's guest spot on Starwatch is hilariously embarrassing--he has to wear alien makeup and say things like "I believe ... we are being appropriated by the Vorbalidian System." But Wagner boldly goes beyond satire in The Chrysanthemum Palace. He finds surprising depths to plumb, even in the land of the superficial. The question that drives the book is, Can children ever escape the crushing gravitational fields of their parents? The answer, it turns out, is that sometimes even warp speed...
...Staff writer Daniel L. Wagner can be reached at dwagner@fas.harvard.edu...
...intense quarterfinal match, Corl stepped onto the mat with No. 4 Greg Wagner of Michigan. His strong run—the best among the Crimson wrestlers present—ended with a 9-3 decision...
...never talk to [the MBTA workers],” Wagner said. “On the intercom they’re all right...[but] we don’t interact that much...