The Raymond Chandler of the final Philip Marlowe book is more brilliant than ever, but also burned out.
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The thrill is gone
Give Italy, and your intelligence, a few years to settle in, and language can lose its sex appeal.
See no evil
The FIFA scandal, while satisfying to legal Puritans, doesn't explain the "why" of endemic corruption.
9/11 at the dinner table
Nervous consumers are increasingly devoted to eating in a healthy way, often ignoring reason.
Our disappearing fish
Quietly but inexorably, major fish species are vanishing, savaged by global over-fishing.
Little Oscars
The author's prizewinning family (okay, not yet) makes a movie for a worthy cause.
The nostalgic nomad
A British author who wrote nearly a century ago aptly defines the elusive mood of non-belonging.
Josephine
Doing an old school good turn can lead you to a place you'd rather not be.
North slope hots
Etna Rosso may not be Burgundy, but crime reporters never underestimate a Sicilian volcano.
Dignity
Whether Tom Brady had footballs deflated to help his play has entered the realm of morality.
Mortality is so passé
If you're going to be tormented by random thoughts, they might as well be maddening.
Time Lapse
Bradley King's supernatural thriller has a good idea but its characters soon find themselves boxed in.