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...Cunning Man" (Viking; 469 pages; $23.95). But TIME critic Paul Gray says the overriding appeal of works by "Canada's foremost living author" rarely rides on suspense. Instead, says Gray, the 81-year-old writer "entertains with an old-fashioned fictional mixture" of "keen social observations delivered with wit, intelligence and free-floating philosophical curiosity...
When she first joined ECHO, an East Coast electronic community, Marcia Bowe dubbed herself ``Miss Outer Buro 1991,'' a handle that facetiously implied beauty queen-like poise, glamour, congeniality. And soon enough, Bowe was enjoying the adulation of fellow ``ECHOids'' who posted messages praising her wit, candor and smarts. Such celebrity was heady stuff for Bowe, a free-lance writer who describes herself in real life as shy and wary of emotional encounters. ``I became addicted to this constant stream of approval,'' she says. ``It was like a big co-dependency machine.'' As Bowe began spending up to 100 hours...
...retreated into what Bennett calls "her flat, unmemoried days," like a meeker George III. Young Alan sought glamour in Leeds' double-decker trams, musty mystery in the artifacts of Grandma's parlor. Later he would realize he had a great subject in this gray world. It begged for a wit that evokes nostalgia and distress, and Bennett became its not-quite-lyric poet: the bardof the drab...
...understand Epps' concern. Fraternities just don't display the high intellectual standards and brilliant wit of the final clubs. We've yet to see any Sigma Chi pledges dressed like sperm or carrying their chickens to class...
Jordan modestly characterizes Shear Madness as "just a fun, silly, enjoyable night out." But this fizzy burlesque is plenty clever, as both an evening's entertainment and a marketing strategy. The show's easy, giddy wit satisfies the customers. They keep coming back because Madness changes every night...