June 2, 1997 Issue, THE NEW YORKER

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- Comment: Sins Like Flinns's
  Roger Angell
  , pp. 4-5
  The case of the B-52 blonde
- The Mail, pp. 6-9
- Goings on About Town, pp. 10-32
- The Talk of the Town, pp. 33-35
  Virtual creativity; Knick rob job?; Woody Allen's new gig; etc.
- Letter from Mexico: The Riddle of Raul
  Alma Guillermoprieto
  , pp. 36-39
  How did a soothsayer become a key player in the Salinas case?
- "The May Apple"
  Cynthia Zarin
  , pp. 40-47
- Personal History: My Watch, A True Story
  Muriel Spark
  , pp. 48-49
  What's a Cartier really worth?
- Our Far-Flung Correspondents: The Vanishing
  Philip Gourevitch
  , pp. 50-53
  Goodbye Zaire. Hello, Congo
- Washington Memoir: A Visit to Camelot
  Diana Trilling
  , pp. 54-62
  The night the New York intellectuals partied with Jack and Jackie
- "Dreams Eerotic, Dreams Not"
  Ned O'Gorman
  , pp. 63-65
- Portfolio
  Arthur Elgort and Joan Acocella
  , pp. 66-69
  The Season's dance stars
- Profile: The High Roller
  John Lahr
  , pp. 70-77
  Garth Drabinksy's new rules for how to succeed on Broadway
- Fiction: "The Impostor"
  Nathanael West
  , pp. 78-79
  A lost story, found among the author's papers
- "A Small Tin Parrot Pin"
  Thomas Lux
  , pp. 80-83
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  The Real Cary Grant (Review)
  Brendan Gill
  , pp. 84-87
  Cary Grant: A Class Apart, by Graham McCann
  1. Cary Grant: A Class Apart by Graham McCann
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  Proust Died for You (Review)
  John Updike
  , p. 88
  How Proust Can Change Your Life, by Alain De Botton
  1. How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain De Botton
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  Briefly Noted (5 Reviews) , pp. 89-90
  After Hannibal, by Barry Unsworth
  1. After Hannibal by Barry Unsworth
  2. Love Invents Us by Amy Bloom
  3. May Sarton by Margot Peters
  4. Niagara by Pierre Berton
  5. Andre Malraux: A Biography by Curtis Cate
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  The Current Cinema (2 Reviews)
  Terrence Rafferty
  , pp. 91-92
  Child's Play
  1. Jurassic Park (1993 Film) by Steven Spielberg
  2. Rough Magic (1995 Film) by Clare Peploe
- The Theatre
  Nancy Franklin
  , pp. 93-94
  "All My Sons," "Collected Stories"
- Crossword, p. 95
  8 x 10 Cryptic No. 1
- Shouts & Murmurs
  Christopher Buckley
  , pp. 96-98
  As you Go Forward
- Cover: Graduation
  M. Scott Miller