| Infamous Players: A Tale of Movies, the Mob (and Sex) - Mon, 21 May 2012 12:05:35 +0000 |
| A show of hands, dear readers: Have you had the pleasure of having Robert Evans show you his prized “Pussy Pot,” in which he keeps snippets of his many conquests’ pubic hair? Anyone? Yeah, me neither, which is why anyone who enjoys true Hollywood stories should read INFAMOUS PLAYERS, in which longtime VARIETY editor-in-chief Peter [...] |
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| The Most Dangerous Thing - Mon, 21 May 2012 12:04:10 +0000 |
| Secrets forged in the heat of youth and their consequences as adults is a theme Laura Lippman has explored often in her excellent stand-alone novels of TO THE POWER OF THREE, WHAT THE DEAD KNOW and I’D KNOW YOU ANYWHERE. It is also the fuel powering her latest, THE MOST DANGEROUS THING. New to paperback, [...] |
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| Pirate King - Fri, 18 May 2012 12:00:55 +0000 |
| Laurie R. King’s PIRATE KING is the 11th entry in her series featuring Sherlock Holmes and the rather remarkable Mary Russell. I’ve reviewed some of the earlier books, and while they’re all highly enjoyable and well-written — for King is a very smooth and polished writer — they’re not what one could call very Sherlockian. [...] |
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