Justin Cartwright puts his own spin on existentialism in a novel about disenchantment and redemption.
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Naples
The seat of empire until three centuries ago, Naples now resists change.
The End
Hans Eric Nossack's haunting remembrance of the Hamburg firestorm is to die for.
Matrix
Obama's war-of-wills with Bush goes to the heart of the future.
Clean-tom
It’s time for CLEAN-tom or "il nero" to fix it up. "If only America would decide."
Naked Lunch
Serving meals to Hippies was fun until the duck went airborne.
Carmen
She mixed disinterested sexuality and teasing with passion and pose.
Luddite, redeemed
When (shockingly) you meet a man without a BlackBerry, you need to redefine urgency.
Roth exits a ghost
Roth directs fictional alter ego Nathan Zuckerman from center-front to the wings.
Insult that basil!
A man who accepts a sprig of basil from a woman is as good as married. Now, curse it!
Cupid’s toy
Falling in love with an Italian? No way, I said. No way at all...
Me, A Stereotype
I thought, Of course we talk about food. What else would we talk about?