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Malcolm Gladwell, Eclectic Detective

November 16, 2009 - 8:09pm
The themes of this collection are a good way to characterize the author himself: a minor genius who unwittingly demonstrates the hazards of statistical reasoning.
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Essay: Mau-Mauing the Flesh Eaters

November 16, 2009 - 3:12pm
Jonathan Safran Foer is just the latest in a long line of distinguished literary vegetarians.
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Road Trip

November 16, 2009 - 10:51am
Chaucer’s lusty pilgrims return in a Modern English incarnation.
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Nabokov’s Last Puzzle

November 16, 2009 - 10:48am
The unfinished “Original of Laura” comes ready for devotees to read and remix.
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Performance Anxiety

November 16, 2009 - 10:46am
Philip Roth’s novel stars an aging actor who can no longer act.
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November Song

November 16, 2009 - 10:44am
In the autumnal novel of Maureen Howard’s cycle of seasons, an 80-something narrator shares her inner Manhattan.
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The Lies They Told

November 16, 2009 - 10:36am
Reconstructing officials’ false and ineffectual responses to 9/11.
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