She, exigent, once married to an Albanian prince, her first husband; me, long-haired, casual, dating women from states she'd never heard of.
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Get Shorty
Elmore Leonard finally gets a break, thanks to Sonnenfeld and John T.
The Accidental Tourist
Lawrence Kasden's vintage bit of filmmaking is worth it for Geena Davis alone.
Dinosaurs
Other people’s children confound my glibness. They get to the heart of the past, unblinking.
Fox
There are two kinds of loners, benign and militant. Cho Seung-Hui was a militant.
Amanda’s Breasts
Early sexual experiences are often more bewildering than exciting, particularly around squirrels.
Rerun
There’s a rose petal in a mauve envelope which held up to scrutiny, dissolves.
Summer of ’49; October 1964
Halberstam's two seminal baseball books tackle nostalgia, love of the game, racism, and a changing America.
A Scanner Darkly
Linkleter's animated PK Dick is stunning to look at but humorless.
Last Evenings on Earth
Bolaño rough and wistful stories are about men made remote from their country.
Restless
From William Boyd, a World War II espionage/love-story and mother-daughter story that actually works.
Night Train
Forget the bad reviews, this overlooked Amis cop story actually has great pace and a killer coda.