Word: book
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...slight problem with Trust, George V. Higgins' 20th book, is that Earl's task is simple. He pulls off the theft easily; for fairly complicated reasons, the intended victim wants the car to disappear. Unfortunately, Earl ignores the instructions to have the hot auto crushed in a trash compactor. He sells it instead, a characteristic act of greed that promises to get him in trouble. But Higgins seems much more interested in atmosphere than in denouement. There are long, long passages of the author's by now patented low-life banter, characters being long-winded and tedious about the banalities...
...toss whole shelves of papers and books, I can't help but wonder if anyone will miss them. Someday, a researcher may want to look at the working papers of a study on the incidence of poverty in children under five in Peninsular Malaysia. Maybe someone will need the book on the yarn-ball cottage industry in the rural Botswanan economy. Aren't these things important enough to keep around...
...presidential contest over, Kitty's interest in state affairs dwindled. Her stage by now was bigger. A New York publisher paid her a large advance to write a book about the campaign, another undertaking that troubled her wary husband. Soon she was questioning colleagues about the propriety of telling certain sensitive anecdotes. The demands of the book only added to Kitty's numerous pressures. Finally, she lost control...
Expanding on the themes in his provocative new book, maverick legislator Shintaro Ishihara exhorts his countrymen to become assertive, especially in their dealings with...
...moderate recognition and less money. But Simson's relentless requests for advice, tips on writing and letters of recommendation distract Fogel from his own efforts, in this case his slow progress in finishing another novel: "Perfection comes hard to an imperfectionist. He had visions of himself dying before the book was completed. It was a terrible thought: Fogel seated at the table, staring at his manuscript, pen in hand, the page ending in a blot...