White Lightning
Justin Cartwright puts his own spin on existentialism in a novel about disenchantment and redemption.
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.
Roth exits a ghost
Roth directs fictional alter ego Nathan Zuckerman from center-front to the wings.
Luddite, redeemed
When (shockingly) you meet a man without a BlackBerry, you need to redefine urgency.
Carmen
She mixed disinterested sexuality and teasing with passion and pose.
Insult that basil!
A man who accepts a sprig of basil from a woman is as good as married. Now, curse it!
The Pawnbroker
Shaky movie from Lumet, but Rod Steiger is anything but that.
Me and my monkey
Did you hear the one about the monkey at the bar?