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...lending a grander sense of purpose to Greengrass’ film. On the other side of the spectrum is Ken Kalfus’ new novel “A Disorder Peculiar to the Country,” (see review, B3) which portrays the acrimonious divorce between Joyce and Marshall Harriman. Although the novel has a tighter focus than “United 93,” it isn’t as myopic as “World Trade Center,” using the Harrimans’ divorce to represent the sociopolitical changes that rocked post 9/11 America. Kalfus?...
Unlike Stewart, Kalfus mostly refrains from judging the subjects of his comic eye: Joyce and Marshall Harriman, a fictional couple mired in hateful divorce litigation, yet still living together in non-fictional New York City during and after 9/11...
Connubial battles punctuate the novel with tightly drawn scenes of psychological trauma. The hate that permeates the Harriman saga doesn’t make it palatable—if anything, it makes it easier to accept the harm being inflicted upon them and their friends. But such emotional detachment makes the novel read like the screenplay to a mediocre action movie. This tacky quality is disappointing considering the maturity and wit of Kalfus’ overall narrative aesthetic...
...call Tuttle a Beverly Hills car dealer is to call Averell Harriman (one of his predecessors) a Manhattan day trader. Before becoming one of the most successful business leaders in the country, Tuttle served in President Reagan’s White House for seven years—four of them as director of presidential personnel, which put him at the very center of national decision-making on the full range of foreign and domestic issues...
...correlation with stocks and all other bonds, meaning they often go up when other things go down. That makes them a great tool for diversifying. Over the past eight years, TIPS have returned 7.8% a year, handily beating both stocks (4.8%) and Treasury bonds (5.9%), reports brokerage Brown Brothers Harriman...