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Thomas Mallon ..... Recent articles by Thomas Mallon: ‘I Am Joan Crawford’Through sheer force of will, Hollywood’s most infamous single mother constructed a persona seductive, repellent, and almost impossible not to watch. Faster, FasterNoël Coward’s dizzying life. A Knoll of One’s OwnThe most exhaustive book yet written about the Kennedy assassination should lay the conspiracy theories to rest once and for all—but it won’t. New FictionAcceptance, by Susan Coll. No Ordinary TomeTeam of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin's much anticipated book about Abraham Lincoln, marks her return to the arena after a devastating scandal. Throughout her personal trials, Goodwin says, Lincoln himself proved to be a major source of consolation. Darling MeChristopher Isherwood followed Oscar Wilde's prescription for lifelong romance by falling in love with himself—over and over again. HoosiersThe lost world of Booth Tarkington. Princess of DiscriminationShirley Hazzard's masterly descriptions and expertly drawn characters are in full evidence in this new novel—her first in more than twenty years. California CatholicsMaile Meloy's first novel uses gaudy old-time religion to string together a sweeping family narrative. Still GrowingMichael Byers' first novel, though ambitious and often engaging, suggests that he hasn't yet made the leap from short stories. Going to ExtremesRichard Powers is getting bigger and more ponderous. Nicholson Baker is getting smaller and more evanescent. Decision: Baker. "Our Saint, Our Umpire"An appreciation of Mary McCarthy, whose literary and political writing is well represented in a new anthology. Playing Nick CarrawayA new biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is less a book than a TV-movie script. William Kennedy's Greatest GameRoscoe has a lyricism and a gusto rarely achieved in serious American novels about politics. Hustler with a lyric voiceEdna St. Vincent Millay combined a modern sensibility with traditional forms. |
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