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Alphabeticon (Review) John Leonard
Dictionary of the Khazars, by Milorad Pavic
- Dictionary of the Khazars by Milorad Pavic


Black Conceit (1973)John Leonard
4 Reviews

Books & the Arts
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Black Magic (Review) John Leonard
Hocus Pocus, by Kurt Vonnegut
- Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut

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Book Notes (2 Reviews) John Leonard
Nice Work, by David Lodge
- Nice Work by David Lodge
- The Afternoon of a Writer by Peter Handke

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Book Notes (2 Reviews) John Leonard
The Bellarosa Connection, by Saul Bellow
- The Bellarosa Connection by Saul Bellow
- The Other Side by Mary Gordon

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Books: Naked Is the Best Disguise (4 Reviews) Quentin Crisp and John Leonard
Avedon: Photographs,1947-1977, by Richard Avedon
- Avedon: Photographs,1947-1977 by Richard Avedon
- In Fashion by Prudence Glynn
- Seeing Through Clothes by Anne Hollander
- Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg

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Books: The Clean-Plate Club (3 Reviews) Seymour Britchky, Tom Bethell, and John Leonard
Alice, Let's Eat, by Calvin Trillin
- Alice, Let's Eat by Calvin Trillin
- Make-Believe Presidents by Nicholas von Hoffman
- Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin

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Books: The Devil's Decalogue (4 Reviews) Donald Barthelme, John Leonard, and Rhoda Koenig, ...
Amphigorey Also, by Edward Gorey
- Amphigorey Also by Edward Gorey
- Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz by Russell Hoban
- Kleinzeit by Russell Hoban
- The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

The Arts
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Books: The Two Mrs. Kramers (2 Reviews) Kay Larson and John Leonard
The Revenge of the Philistines, by Hilton Kramer
- The Revenge of the Philistines by Hilton Kramer
- Two of a Kind by Darcy O'Brien


Books & the Arts
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Bye Bye Billy (Review) John Leonard
Billy Bathgate, by E.L. Doctorow
- Billy Bathgate by E.L. Doctorow

Books & the Arts
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The 'Casanova of Causes' (Review) John Leonard
Arthur Koestler: The Homeless Mind, by David Cesarani
- Arthur Koestler: The Homeless Mind by David Cesarani

Life & Letters
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Cheever to Roth to Malamud (3 Reviews) John Leonard
The World of Apples, by John Cheever
- The World of Apples by John Cheever
- The Great American Novel by Philip Roth
- Rembrandt's Hat by Bernard Malamud

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A Child of the Age (Review) John Leonard
The Human Stain, by Philip Roth
- The Human Stain by Philip Roth

Books & the Arts
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Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind (Review) John Leonard
Against the Day, by Thomas Pynchon
- Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon

Books & the Arts
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A Closing of the American Kind (Review) John Leonard
Ravelstein, by Saul Bellow
- Ravelstein by Saul Bellow

Books & the Arts
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The Compleat Walker (Review) John Leonard
Bruce Chatwin: A Biography, by Nicholas Shakespeare
- Bruce Chatwin: A Biography by Nicholas Shakespeare

Crybaby of the Western World (1969)John Leonard
A Novel of Petit Guignol in Long Beach, California
3 Reviews, 1 Readable

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Crying in the Wilderness (Review) John Leonard
Falconer, by John Cheever
- Falconer by John Cheever

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Delirious New York (2 Reviews) John Leonard
The Bonfire of the Vanities, by Tom Wolfe
- The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
- Dissent: In Search of New York by Jim Sleeper

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The Dread Zone (Review) John Leonard
Falling Man, by Don DeLillo
- Falling Man by Don DeLillo

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Dreams on Credit (Review) John Leonard
The Franchiser, by Stanley Elkin
- The Franchiser by Stanley Elkin

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Eisenstein Revisited (Review) John Leonard
Western with Symbolism
- The Hanging Tree (1959 Film) by Delmer Daves and Karl Malden


Books & the Arts
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Exgrassperorating German (Review) John Leonard
Two States--One Nation?, by Gunter Grass
- Two States--One Nation? by Gunter Grass

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Fathers and Ghosts (Review) John Leonard
The Ghost Writer, by Philip Roth
- The Ghost Writer by Philip Roth

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Fiction (2 Reviews) John Leonard
Monsters, Butter-Pastry, Saltines
- Nelson Algren's Own Book of Lonesome Monsters by Nelson Algren
- The Hat on the Bed by John O'Hara


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Her Soul's High Song (Review) John Leonard
Jazz, by Toni Morrison
- Jazz by Toni Morrison

Articles
How a Caged Bird Learns to SingJohn Leonard
or, my life at the New York Times, CBS and other pillars of the media establishment




LettersRoss Terrill, Judith Shapiro, Liang Heng, and John Willett, ...

LettersMichael Isikoff, S. Asherah Stern, and Alison Lurie, ...

Books & the Arts
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Leviathan (Review) John Leonard
Outerbridge Reach, by Robert Stone
- Outerbridge Reach by Robert Stone

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Meshuga Alaska (Review) John Leonard
The Yiddish Policemen's Union, by Michael Chabon
- The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

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Morte d'Auteur (Review) John Leonard
Immortality, by Milan Kundera
- Immortality by Milan Kundera

Critics
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Movies: Fast Food (Review) John Leonard
Jurassic Park III (2001 Film), by Joe Johnston
- Jurassic Park III (2001 Film) by Joe Johnston

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Movies: J.D. Soap Opera (Review) John Leonard
Blue Denim (1959 Film), by Philip Dunne
- Blue Denim (1959 Film) by Philip Dunne

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Movies: Marilyn as Marilyn (Review) John Leonard
Some Like It Hot (1959 Film), by Billy Wilder
- Some Like It Hot (1959 Film) by Billy Wilder

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Movies: Who's a Misfit? (Review) John Leonard
The Misfits (1961 Film), by John Huston
- The Misfits (1961 Film) by John Huston

The Naked Martini (1964)John Leonard
2 Reviews

Books & the Arts
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Napoleon Complex (Review) John Leonard
The General in His Labyrinth, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- The General in His Labyrinth by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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New Books (4 Reviews) John Leonard
Waugh Abroad, by Nicholas Shakespeare and Evelyn Waugh
- Waugh Abroad by Nicholas Shakespeare and Evelyn Waugh
- Paris in Mind by Jennifer Lee
- Marianne in Chains by Robert Gildea
- The Hooligan's Return by Norman Manea

Reviews
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New Books (4 Reviews) John Leonard
Living to Tell the Tale, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Living to Tell the Tale by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- City Room by Arthur Gelb
- My Times: A Memoir of Dissent by John L. Hess
- Backstory: Inside the Business of News by Ken Auletta

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New Books (3 Reviews) John Leonard
River of Shadows, by Rebecca Solnit
- River of Shadows by Rebecca Solnit
- The Commissariat of Enlightenment by Ken Kalfus
- The Pieces from Berlin by Michael Pye

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New Books (3 Reviews) John Leonard
The Time of Our Singing, by Richard Powers
- The Time of Our Singing by Richard Powers
- Another Day at the Front by Ishmael Reed
- Lost in America by Sherwin B. Nuland

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New Books (5 Reviews) John Leonard
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, by Walter Isaacson
- Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
- A Tragic Honesty by Blake Bailey
- Mirror Mirror by Mark Pendergrast
- The Face in the Mirror by Julian Keenan and Gordon G. Gallup
- Bangkok 8 by John Burdett

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New Books (4 Reviews) John Leonard
American Massacre, by Sally Denton
- American Massacre by Sally Denton
- Darwin and the Barnacle by Rebecca Stott
- The Girl from the Fiction Department by Hilary Spurling
- Turning the Wheel by Charles Richard Johnson

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New Books (4 Reviews) John Leonard
The Gate, by Francois Bizot
- The Gate by Francois Bizot
- On the Natural History of Destruction by W.G. Sebald
- Harvard and the Unabomber by Alston Chase
- Somersault by Kenzaburo Oe

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New Books (4 Reviews) John Leonard
Invented Eden, by Robin Hemley
- Invented Eden by Robin Hemley
- Survivors in Mexico by Rebecca West and Bernard Schweizer
- Bay of Souls by Robert Stone
- Death as a Way of Life by David Grossman
The Harpers Monthly, May 2003, pp. 77-78

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New Books (3 Reviews) John Leonard
Love, by Toni Morrison
- Love by Toni Morrison
- Primo Levi by Ian Thomson
- Searching for Lost City by Elizabeth Seay

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New Books (3 Reviews) John Leonard
Biocosm: The New Scientific Theory of Evolution, by James N. Gardner
- Biocosm: The New Scientific Theory of Evolution by James N. Gardner
- The Serenity Prayer by Elisabeth Sifton
- Hope Dies Last by Studs Terkel

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New Books (4 Reviews) John Leonard
Where I Was From, by Joan Didion
- Where I Was From by Joan Didion
- A Hundred Little Hitlers by Elinor Langer
- Greek Fire, Poison Arrows and Scorpion Bombs by Adrienne Mayor
- The Fifth Book of Peace by Maxine Hong Kingston

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New Books (3 Reviews) John Leonard, Wyatt Mason, and Benjamin Moser
Snow, by Orhan Pamuk
- Snow by Orhan Pamuk
- The Silver Screen by Maureen Howard
- An Unfinished Season by Ward Just

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New Books (3 Reviews) John Leonard
One Matchless Time, by Jay Parini
- One Matchless Time by Jay Parini
- Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
- The Final Solution: A Story of Detection by Michael Chabon

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New Books (3 Reviews) John Leonard
The Cross and the Crescent, by Richard A. Fletcher
- The Cross and the Crescent by Richard A. Fletcher
- A Civilian Occupation by Rafi Segal and Eyal Weizman
- Dancing with Cuba by Alma Guillermoprieto

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New Books (4 Reviews) John Leonard
After Such Knowledge, by Eva Hoffman
- After Such Knowledge by Eva Hoffman
- Absolute Friends by John le Carre
- Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century by Graham Robb
- American Sucker by David Denby

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New Books (4 Reviews) John Leonard
Rivers of Gold, by Hugh Thomas
- Rivers of Gold by Hugh Thomas
- Circles and Lines by John Demos
- Murdered by Capitalism by John Ross
- Little Scarlet by Walter Mosley

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New Books (3 Reviews) John Leonard
I Am Alive and You Are Dead, by Emmanuel Carrere
- I Am Alive and You Are Dead by Emmanuel Carrere
- Dylan Thomas: A New Life by Andrew Lycett
- The Master by Colm Toibin

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New Books (3 Reviews) John Leonard
Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar, by Simon Sebag Montefiore
- Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore
- The Death of a Poet by Irma Kudrova
- Sontag and Kael: Opposites Attract Me by Craig Seligman
The Harpers Monthly, May 2004, pp. 85-86

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New Books (3 Reviews) John Leonard
Villages, by John Updike
- Villages by John Updike
- The Life of Graham Greene, Vol. III: 1956-1991 by Norman Sherry
- Wolves Eat Dogs by Martin Cruz Smith

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New Books (3 Reviews) John Leonard
Slumming, by Seth Koven
- Slumming by Seth Koven
- Book of the Sphinx by Willis Goth Regier
- Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma by Camilla Townsend

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New Books (4 Reviews) John Leonard
The Breaking Point, by Stephen Koch
- The Breaking Point by Stephen Koch
- Evening in the Palace of Reason by James R. Gaines
- Climate of Fear by Wole Soyinka
- Lunar Follies by Gilbert Sorrentino

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New Books (4 Reviews) John Leonard
Here Is Where We Meet, by John Berger
- Here Is Where We Meet by John Berger
- The Last Imaginary Place by Robert McGhee
- Ivan the Terrible by Isabel de Madariaga
- Until I Find You by John Irving

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New Books (4 Reviews) John Leonard
Get a Life, by Nadine Gordimer
- Get a Life by Nadine Gordimer
- Voltaire Almighty by Roger Pearson
- Isaac Newton by Gale E. Christianson
- Lillian Hellman: A Life with Foxes and Scoundrels by Deborah Martinson

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New Books (4 Reviews) John Leonard
Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare, by Philip Short
- Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare by Philip Short
- Soren Kierkegaard: A Biography by Joakim Garff
- Secrets Beyond the Door by Maria Tatar
- The Geographer's Library by Jon Fasman

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New Books (3 Reviews) John Leonard
In the Flesh, by Christa Wolf
- In the Flesh by Christa Wolf
- George Sand by Elizabeth Harlan
- Historians in Trouble by Jon Wiener

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New Books (5 Reviews) John Leonard
Empires of the Word, by Nicholas Ostler
- Empires of the Word by Nicholas Ostler
- The Writing on the Wall by Lynne Sharon Schwartz
- The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
- The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco
- Blinding Light by Paul Theroux

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New Books (4 Reviews) John Leonard
At Day's Close, by A. Roger Ekirch
- At Day's Close by A. Roger Ekirch
- The Age of Conversation by Benedetta Craveri
- King of the Jews by Nick Tosches
- My Life in CIA by Harry Mathews

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New Books (5 Reviews) John Leonard
Andre Malraux: A Life, by Olivier Todd
- Andre Malraux: A Life by Olivier Todd
- Virginia Woolf's Nose by Hermione Lee
- Rosa by Jonathan Rabb
- Self's Punishment by Bernhard Schlink
- Snow White and Russian Red by Dorota Maslowska

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New Books (3 Reviews) John Leonard
The Magic Keys, by Albert Murray
- The Magic Keys by Albert Murray
- Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft by Lyndall Gordon
- A Matter of Opinion by Victor S. Navasky
The Harpers Monthly, May 2005, pp. 85-86

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New Books (3 Reviews) John Leonard
Memories of My Melancholy Whores, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Savage Shorthand by Jerome Charyn
- The Coldest Winter by Paula Fox

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New Books (4 Reviews) John Leonard
A Man Without a Country, by Kurt Vonnegut
- A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut
- Mark Twain: A Life by Ron Powers
- Stepin Fetchit by Mel Watkins
- Party in the Blitz by Elias Canetti

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New Books (3 Reviews) John Leonard
The March, by E.L. Doctorow
- The March by E.L. Doctorow
- The Life of David by Robert Pinsky
- Bait and Switch by Barbara Ehrenreich

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New Books (3 Reviews) John Leonard
Anna of All the Russias, by Elaine Feinstein
- Anna of All the Russias by Elaine Feinstein
- My Lives: An Autobiography by Edmund White
- The Ministry of Pain by Dubravka Ugresic


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New Books (3 Reviews) John Leonard
At Canaan's Edge, by Taylor Branch
- At Canaan's Edge by Taylor Branch
- The Philosopher and the Druids by Philip Freeman
- The Thin Place by Kathryn Davis

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New Books (4 Reviews) John Leonard
Love-Lies-Bleeding, by Don DeLillo
- Love-Lies-Bleeding by Don DeLillo
- Death's Door by Sandra M. Gilbert
- The Tent by Margaret Atwood
- Gate of the Sun by Elias Khoury

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New Books (4 Reviews) John Leonard
Timothy Leary: A Biography, by Robert Greenfield
- Timothy Leary: A Biography by Robert Greenfield
- Horace Greeley: Champion of American Freedom by Robert C. Williams
- Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow by Faiza Guene
- Murambi, the Book of Bones by Boubacar Boris Diop

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New Books (4 Reviews) John Leonard
Voices of Time, by Eduardo Galeano
- Voices of Time by Eduardo Galeano
- Proust at the Majestic by Richard Davenport-Hines
- Let Me Finish by Roger Angell
- A Woman of Uncertain Character by Clancy Sigal

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New Books (4 Reviews) John Leonard
An Irish History of Civilization, by Don Akenson
- An Irish History of Civilization by Don Akenson
- Death in the Haymarket by James Green
- A Godly Hero by Michael Kazin
- Kabul in Winter by Ann Jones

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New Books (3 Reviews) John Leonard
Samuel Beckett: The Grove Centenary Edition, by Paul Auster and Samuel Beckett
- Samuel Beckett: The Grove Centenary Edition by Paul Auster and Samuel Beckett
- Berlin Childhood Around 1900 by Walter Benjamin
- Everyman by Philip Roth
The Harpers Monthly, May 2006, pp. 79-80

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New Books (4 Reviews) John Leonard
The Echo Maker, by Richard Powers
- The Echo Maker by Richard Powers
- Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier
- The Mission Song by John le Carre
- Vicious Circle by Robert Littell

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New Books (6 Reviews) John Leonard
Mao's Last Revolution, by Roderick MacFarquhar and Michael Schoenhals
- Mao's Last Revolution by Roderick MacFarquhar and Michael Schoenhals
- The Dissident by Nell Freudenberger
- A Woman in Jerusalem by A.B. Yehoshua
- Back to Bologna by Michael Dibdin
- Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
- I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron

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Of Thee Ah Sing (Review) John Leonard
Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book, by Maxine Hong Kingston
- Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book by Maxine Hong Kingston


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'Princess Among the Trolls' (Review) John Leonard
Seeing Mary Plain, by Frances Kiernan
- Seeing Mary Plain by Frances Kiernan


Books & the Arts
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Putting the Case (Review) John Leonard
The Trial of Socrates, by I.F. Stone
- The Trial of Socrates by I.F. Stone

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Recent, Notable Fiction (Review) John Leonard
The War Between the Tates, by Alison Lurie
- The War Between the Tates by Alison Lurie

Briefings: At Issue in the 2004 ElectionJohn Leonard, Guy Davenport, and Nicholas Delbanco, ...

Story: A Report On Our Recent TroublesJohn Leonard, Mark Kingwell, and Terry Eagleton

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Books in Brief (Review) J. Leonard
Operation Elvis, by Alan Levy
- Operation Elvis by Alan Levy

ReviewsJohn Leonard, Wyatt Mason, and John Lukacs

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Sasha Goes to Siberia (Review) John Leonard
The Children of the Arbat, by Anatoli Rybakov
- The Children of the Arbat by Anatoli Rybakov

Books & the Arts
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Scripts, Plots and Codes (Review) John Leonard
Libra, by Don DeLillo
- Libra by Don DeLillo

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Sermon on the Mountie (Review) John Leonard
Solomon Gursky Was Here, by Mordecai Richler
- Solomon Gursky Was Here by Mordecai Richler

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The Shaman and the Schlemiel (Review) John Leonard
The Complete Stories, by Bernard Malamud
- The Complete Stories by Bernard Malamud

Smoke and Mirrors (1997)John Leonard
Violence, Television, and Other American Cultures
1 Review, 1 Readable

Sofia on My MindJohn Leonard
Let's Not Be So Beastly to the Bulgarians


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The Styxties (Review) John Leonard
Vineland, by Thomas Pynchon
- Vineland by Thomas Pynchon







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This Pen for Hire (1973)John Leonard

Books & the Arts
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Tongue-Tying in Israel (Review) John Leonard
The Smile of the Lamb, by David Grossman
- The Smile of the Lamb by David Grossman

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The Trouble With Harry (Review) John Leonard
Harlot's Ghost, by Norman Mailer
- Harlot's Ghost by Norman Mailer





































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TV: The Mummy's Curse (2 Reviews) John Leonard
Made Possible By..., by James Ledbetter
- Made Possible By... by James Ledbetter
- Public Television by B.J. Bullert

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Who Cares? (Review) John Leonard
Private Lives in the Imperial City, by John Leonard
- Private Lives in the Imperial City by John Leonard

Books & the Arts
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'Who Has the Best Tunes?' (Review) John Leonard
The Satanic Verses, by Salman Rushdie
- The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

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The Wise Woman and the Whale (Review) John Leonard
Herman Melville, by Elizabeth Hardwick
- Herman Melville by Elizabeth Hardwick

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