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April 15, 1996 Issue - 21 Articles- A Critic at Large: The Slam Dunk
John Gregory Dunne
, pp. 4-8 Christopher Darden misses another chance to convict
- Comment: The Fixer as Statesman
Sean Wilentz
, pp. 9-13 An artistry was at the heart of Ron Brown's achievement
- In the Mail, pp. 14-15
- Goings On About Town, pp. 16-36
- The Talk of the Town, pp. 37-44
The city's at-large mail bomber; Rey Ordonez' opening day; etc.
- Onward and Upward with the Arts: The Dangling Man
John Lahr
, pp. 45-49 Can Wallace Shawn---a comic actor, a serious playwight, and a charming loner---really b...
- "Sheela-Na-Gig"
Robin Robertson
, pp. 50-53 - Personal History: Cancer Becomes Me
Marjorie Gross
, pp. 54-55 It's not funny until it happens to you
- A Reporter at Large: A Fever in the White House
Peter J. Boyer
, pp. 56-68 Clinton's competent campaign team lost control in the White House, and a series of bung...
- "The Bolt"
Mary Kinzie
, pp. 69-73 - Life and Letters: Rebecca West's War
Brian Hall
, pp. 74-76 Why has her fifty-five-year-old love letter to Serbia enthralled a new generation of jo...
- "The Fruit Bat"
Nancy Willard
, pp. 77-83 The Critics
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Mountain Miseries (Review) John Updike
, pp. 84-87 Death in the Andes, by Mario Vargas Llosa
- Death in the Andes by Mario Vargas Llosa
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Loopholes for Living (Review) Malcolm Gladwell
, pp. 88-89 Ill-Gotten Gains, by Leo Katz
- Ill-Gotten Gains by Leo Katz
- Showcase: John Malkovich
Brendan Lemon and Helmut Newton
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Books: Briefly Noted (5 Reviews) , p. 92 The Book of Secrets, by M.G. Vassanji
- The Book of Secrets by M.G. Vassanji
- A Heart So White by Javier Marias
- The End of Alice by A.M. Homes
- Jackson's Dilemma by Iris Murdoch
- Atticus by Ron Hansen
- Jazz
Whitney Balliett
, pp. 93-95 Tom Harrell, Gerry Mulligan
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The Current Cinema (2 Reviews) Terrence Rafferty
, pp. 96-98 The Past Recaptured
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964 Film) by Jacques Demy
- Flirting with Disaster (1996 Film) by David O. Russell
- The Theatre
John Lahr
, pp. 99-101 August Wilson's "Seven Guitars"
- Shouts & Murmurs
Christopher Buckley
, pp. 102-104 Moodest Proposals
- Cover: Shakedown
Richard McGuire
