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Atlantic Unbound | Archive
B. R. Myers ..... Recent articles by B. R. Myers: Keeping a Civil TongueAn English critic decries the decline of his language—and his civilization. A Bright Shining LieIt’s the most critically acclaimed novel of the fall. And it’s astonishingly bad. Hard to SwallowThe gourmet’s ongoing failure to think in moral terms. A Man of ActionHis narration may be clunky and his sex scenes almost comical, but Alan Furst’s turns of plot can leave a reader breathless. Touch of EvilA selective investigation of recent mysteries and thrillers. The Prisoner of CoolElmore Leonard's talents have increasingly become cooped up in his hallmark tough-guy aesthetic. If Pigs Could SwimWhy our farm animals would be better off on the other side of the Atlantic. A Bag of Tired TricksBlank pages? Photos of mating tortoises? The death throes of the postmodern novel. TradecraftRightly championed for decades by genre and literary readers alike, John le Carré has written a novel that may appeal to neither camp. Mother of All MothersThe leadership secrets of Kim Jong Il. Nasty, Brutish, and ShortOur author finds Jeffrey Masson's "divertingly amateurish" style likely to broaden the audience for the animal-rights movement in a way that Peter Singer and Matthew Scully never could. A Reader's ManifestoAn attack on the growing pretentiousness of American literary prose. |
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