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Naturally, Fate wins his hand. But so what? After three hours, Polanski's experiment in gentility is over. As Thomas Hardy turns in his grave, we fervently hope that Polanski returns to the cynicism, the terror, and the grotesquery of the Twentieth century that he translates so well into art...
Yet here's a novel that functions both as serious art and as a compelling adventure story, and manages to pull it off with a lot of style. In Port Tropique Barry Gifford does what Hemingway did in To Have and Have Not and what Conrad did in Nostromo--he...
But Port Tropique is a far cry from the conventional popular trash, for in it Gifford engages in a sophisticated formal and stylistic experiment that uses the elements of obviously commercial work to create a complex piece of serious art. The enigmatic construction and brilliant prose set the novel far...
Nearly eight years ago, the U.S. embarked on an ambitious experiment: to maintain a superpower military force composed entirely of volunteers. The experiment has not worked well. The racial balance does not reflect that of the nation; the percentage of blacks has risen from 18% to 33%. Since 1973 nearly...
In an experiment begun last month, Amex is offering MCI's cut-rate telephone service to about 120,000 of its 9.5 million cardholders. Early interest has been encouraging. The MCI offer has drawn three times the usual response for a direct-mail campaign. The new agreement will enable...