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Edward accurately describes the novel in which he appears. The Good Apprentice is a tour de force of narrative energy. It also includes the provocative remarks ("If Newton hadn't believed in God he would have discovered relativity," or "Psychoanalysis attracts failed artists") that have become a hallmark of Murdoch's dialogue. But in raising expectations that all the frantic activity she describes will finally lead to some sort of understanding, the author finally sets herself up for a fall. A last word of sorts is left to Harry: "No one can avoid muddle." That is probably true. But Murdoch...
...time he was 21; in a DC-3 crash that also killed his fiancée and five members of his band; near De Kalb, Texas. Nelson had difficulty shedding his adolescent image after the TV program's demise, and his albums did poorly, though he continued to tour. His biggest single ever, 1972's Garden Party, told of his fans' hostility toward his later music...
...rich if rather fusty aroma of Victorian tradition permeates the work of North America's most celebrated Shakespeare troupe, Stratford Festival Canada, which is making its first U.S. tour in 13 years, with a repertory of Twelfth Night and King Lear. The shows have played to nearly sold-out houses in Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago and Palm Beach, Fla.; are running in Fort Lauderdale for most of January; and will finish in Washington on Feb. 2. Founded in 1953 by Tyrone Guthrie, the Stratford company prides itself on echoing the style of Britain's Old Vic of the 1940s, which...
...first of several scandals occurred when Defense Minister Robert Coates was forced to resign after an Ottawa newspaper revealed that he had visited a West German strip club during a tour of NATO installations and shared a drink with a woman who described herself as an "exotic dancer." Fisheries Minister John Fraser resigned early last September in the furor that followed a television program's disclosure that he had allowed tainted tuna to be sold to Canadian consumers. And a few days later, Communications Minister Marcel Masse had to leave the Cabinet (he has since returned) while the Royal Canadian...
...province. The area is now a stronghold for antigovernment rebels, but they won it at a high cost. Years of fighting have devastated once thriving villages. Electrical lines hang limply from wooden poles, and telephone service is just a memory. Correspondent Ricardo Chavira returned last week from a rare tour of the area with officials of the People's Revolutionary Army (E.R.P.), the most powerful faction within the five-member Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (F.M.L.N.). Chavira's report...