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...typical spy novel fashion, this tale ends on an upbeat note. Oppenheimer finishes far ahead of petty men like Strauss and Hoover. The biography is long, but it is infinitely more satisfying than a Tom Clancy thriller, thanks to Bird and Sherwin’s meticulous character construction. And, even better, the reader doesn’t have to worry about the authors churning out another equally long sequel—at least not for another quarter-century...
...advertises her latest choreography work in “The Oresteia” as having “severed heads, dirt, blood, and meat.” The Loeb Mainstage Production, based on the plays of Aeschylus and Euripides, tells a tale of murderous revenge within a single family...
French pay-to-view channel Canal Plus enjoys a reputation as the nation's premier source of TV entertainment, but it has also produced a real-life spy tale worthy of a B movie. Last week former military intelligence agent Pierre Martinet claimed that while working for Canal Plus' internal security unit, he'd been assigned to a secret project designed to smear Bruno Gaccio, lead writer of the channel's popular news parody, Les Guignols de l'Info. Martinet's new book recounts how he shadowed Gaccio for six months in 2002 in what he says was an effort...
Just when you thought it was safe to spend the summer watching reruns, Martha's Vineyard is launching its first annual Jaws Fest to lure movie buffs to the Massachusetts resort island where the shark tale was filmed. The three-day event in early June will mark the 30th anniversary of Steven Spielberg's first blockbuster with an outdoor screening and appearances by Jaws novelist Peter Benchley and co-screenwriter Carl Gottlieb, along with displays of movie props and behind-the-scenes photographs. (Universal Studios' commemorative DVD set won't be available until later that month.) The reunion...
...writing to express my approval of a recent Crimson editorial condemning the “student hooligans” who disrupted last Tuesday’s career panel featuring recruiters from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (“A Tale of Two Protests,” Editorials, Apr. 15). It’s disgraceful that a gaggle of student activists, using the First Amendment as a cover, would behave this way. Although it’s true that the CIA has a long and clear record of attempting assassinations, overthrowing democratically elected leaders, supporting brutal dictatorships, toturing presumed enemies...