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...Washington abuzz with his decision to stake all on one last campaign has been defined for the last 35 years by his service in Congress. He is a political workhorse who has no hobbies, except an occasional inclination for sunbathing, and no outside interests. He spends his time in Congress, working the halls of the Senate building, getting things done, pushing bills through, convincing colleagues to vote this way or that. And when Dole is not in the Senate, he is attending fundraisers, gathering money for his campaigns or helping out fellow Republicans. When Dole regained his seat as Senate...
Fortunately for CAA, the post-Ovitz era has seen its rivals in a state of flux too. Just two weeks ago, the 10% world was abuzz when a self-promoting, self-styled "agent warrior" named Gavin Polone was fired by the United Talent Agency after accusations of "inappropriate" behavior toward a female colleague, then given a seven-figure settlement and an apology by his superiors. She, in turn, took her own revenge: she quit and went over...
...every page, even the overwritten ones where the author seems to have had a fit of graphomania. Characters and events are propelled by a distinctive prose that frequently mixes teenage trash talk and intellectual abstraction, a Bevis-and-Egghead style that should set older folk aback and college kids abuzz." Set in a not-so-distant future where New England has been declared a toxic waste dump, the novel is a sprawling examination of annihilating diversions in an age of addictive entertainment. "'Infinite Jest' hurls its maximalist bulk, flamboyant style and unbuttoned erudition at all that might be considered fashionable...
...glamorously seedy plot of David Ramus' new thriller, Thief of Light (HarperCollins; 291 pages; $23), that has the publishing world abuzz. It is the eerie similarity between the fictional story and that of the author. Ramus, a wan Alec Baldwin look-alike, is a first-time novelist with a potential best seller in his future, and also a possible prison sentence. Like his protagonist, in the '80s he was an art dealer with a fondness for heroin. By the '90s he had overcome his drug problems, but questionable business dealings left him with a $4 million debt and allegations...
...plot is a suitably original variation of the romantic-situation comedy. The Las Colinas hair salon is abuzz with preparations for the social event of the year--the evening's debutante cotillion. Aspiring deb SuzyBelle Mallard (Erin Delaney) arrives in a state of crisis, her hair dyed blue by a foreign hair dresser. SuzyBelle's rebellious and cynical sister Clair (Silje Normand)--a misplaced British feminist in rural Texas--shows up with their grandmother Barbara (Liz Amberg), who seems to want to have her hair done, despite being in a state of dysfunction somewhere between stroke and delerium tremens. Down...