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“We have arrived at the Brave New World that seemed so distant in 1932, when Aldous Huxley wrote about human…
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My Life as a Fake by Peter Carey Knopf, 288 pp, $24.00 reviewed by Teddy Goff My Life as a…
The Holy Grail by Richard Barber Harvard, 488 pp, $27.95 Reviewed by Momo Sugawara The literary and historical mystery of…
Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss Gotham Books, 240 pp, $17.50 reviewed by Toby Merrill The premise of the…
Triangle by David Von Drehle Atlantic Monthly Press, 352 pp, $25.00 reviewed by David Carpman Triangle, David Von Drehle’s portrait…
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