Volume III, Issue 3
July 12 - July 19, 1999
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Women On and Beyond the Verge [2]
2 books, 2 views.
— Leonard Gill and Susan Ellis, MEMPHIS FLYER
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Country of Exiles? [6]
- "Country of Exiles" by William Leach
- "Home Town" by Tracy Kidder
- "A Rock and a Hard Place" by Darryl Wimberley
- "Why Not Me?" by Al Franken
- "Close Range: Wyoming Stories" by Annie Proulx
- "Life in the Air Ocean" by Sylvia Foley
- "The Miracle of Castel di Sangro" by Joe McGinniss
- "Intimacy" by Hanif Kureishi
Off the Bookshelf [7]
- "Poachers" by Tom Franklin
- "Interior With Sudden Joy" by Brenda Shaughnessy
- "The Alfred Hitchcock Triviography and Quiz Book" by Kathleen Kaska
Now What? [8]
Love to read? Need some clever ideas? Our library of resources and staff picks are guaranteed to turn on plenty of mental light bulbs via your electrified eye sockets.
— WEEKLY WIRE
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR:
wo reviewers take on two books that examine wildly disparate images of women. From the early '70s arises "Maiden," a novel about a 30-year-old virgin in Los Angeles, a still-funny satire that hasn't lost any of its bite. At a different place on the spectrum is Leora Tanenbaum's collection of interviews with women who were branded as sluts and the price they paid.
Neal Stephenson is back with "Cryptonomicon," a story of gold and of secrets, of doomed imperial ambition and modern ventures of bewildering complexity.
"The Fencing Master" is Arturo Pérez-Reverte's fourth mystery novel published in the United States and offers murder and political intrigue in 1860s Madrid.
The soft drink industry gets sent up in "Syrup," a satire of a backstabbing, Darwinian ecosystem where only the most cunning survive.
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Electronic Impulse [3]
Stephenson blends silicon and reality splendidly.
— Dan Parslow, TUCSON WEEKLY
Dual Success [4]
With considerable art Arturo Pérez-Reverte integrates obscure knowledge with a rousing narrative.
— Randall Holdridge, TUCSON WEEKLY
Colamity [5]
Maxx Barry concocts a hilarious satire of the soft-drink industry in "Syrup."
— Shelly Ridenour, NEWCITY CHICAGO
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