October 2006 - The American Mag

Map of the Human Heart

By Marcia Yarrow| 2018-03-21T18:24:26+01:00 October 29th, 2006|Reviews|

Romance rule 101: Take time out to make love on a barrage balloon.

By Christopher P. Winner| 2018-03-21T18:23:12+01:00 October 23rd, 2006|Area 51|

American interventionism wants to tease David from Michelangelo's marble.

By Book Staff| 2018-03-21T18:28:35+01:00 October 14th, 2006|Recent Reviews|

Ever wondered about corpses from the insect perspective? Crace reverses field to recreate the lost life of the dead.

By Christopher P. Winner| 2018-03-21T18:23:06+01:00 October 8th, 2006|Area 51|

The Department of Historical Fallacy was the brainchild of pamphleteer I.F. Stone — and my father.

By Book Staff| 2018-03-21T18:27:30+01:00 October 1st, 2006|Recent Reviews|

Part comedy of manners, part detective story, Pessl's delight yins and yangs to the delight of adolescence and sarcasm.

By Elizabeth Wahn| 2018-03-21T18:28:52+01:00 October 1st, 2006|Recent Reviews|

The fight in Iraq was dictated by Washington political infighting, according to Bob Woodward.

By Regina Wainstein| 2018-03-21T18:23:11+01:00 October 1st, 2006|Reviews|

Dad's unstable, mom's mentally on the lam, kids are going nowhere fast. But it all counts.

By Marcia Yarrow| 2018-03-21T18:29:49+01:00 October 1st, 2006|Reviews|

Worth it for Ralph Fiennes. How Weisz picked up an Oscar is anyone's guess.

By Megan K. Williams| 2018-03-21T18:30:26+01:00 October 1st, 2006|Reviews|

Overwrought (Dame) Judy Dench and (semi-Dame) Cate Blanchett do not a movie make.

By Marcia Yarrow| 2018-03-21T18:30:33+01:00 October 1st, 2006|Reviews|

Philip Seymour Hoffman eats so much scenery there's nothing much left.

By Christopher P. Winner| 2018-03-21T18:22:47+01:00 October 1st, 2006|Area 51|

My plumber, a part-time Roman pastry chef, is vacationing with his German Shepard called Horatio.