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Daniel N. Halpern

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Davies, Cunning As Always

The Cunning Man by Robertson Davies Viking penguin, $23.95 It may be that there are two kinds of great writers:

Biting the Woody 'Bullets'

In "What's New Pussycat," the movie that introduced a very young Woody Allen to the world, Victor (Allen's character) asks

Silence, Gunning and homebodies

BOOK The Collected Stories by John Mcgahern Vintage Paperback pp.408 $12.00 G ood writers are often compared to great ones,

Kondoleon's Lost Boy Laughs at Death

Diary of a Lost Boy by Harry Kondoleon Alfred A. Knopf $20.00 183 pp O ne way of looking at

Cultures Clash, Creating A Humorous Paradise:

David Lodge's reputation in America rests on the strength of novels satirizing academic life. Small World, Changing Places, Nice Work

Subtle One-Act Play Tackles Love, Hate and Race South Africa

Athol Fugard's play Master Harold...and the Boys, winner of numerous Best Play Awards, moves its audience emotionally and intellectually. The

Getting to the Heart Of America's Heartland:

The teenage girl in a photograph in the middle of Townships , a new compilation of essays by midwestern authors,

Rich Layers of Life:

Despite the book's intellectual challenges, Divina Trace should hold readers' interest throughout. Divina Trace contains so much literary complexity--numerous, seemingly

Foundation Donates $1.5 M to Library

The Judaica Division of the Harvard College Library has received a $1.5 million grant from the New York-based Lucius N.

Straight to the Heart of the Sun

A Landing on the Sun, Michael Frayn's new novel, starts and ends with a pair of hands. Brian Jessel, the

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