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...probably. But wordplay soon swamps a vigorous plot. Much traditional writing is, you might say, in this book linguistically taboo, a vast anomaly calling for a radical, slightly wacky approach to put things right. To wit, this famous soliloquy that a world-class playwright wrought for a moody Scandinavian scion: "Living or not living: that is what I ask." Or an alcoholic bard's notoriously rhythmical night thoughts: "'Twas upon a midnight tristful I sat poring, wan and wistful/ Through many a quaint and curious list full of my consorts slain." A mournful coda follows: "Quoth that Black Bird...
...council is, and should be treated as, a first-rate government simulation game. Its meetings are wrought with procedural technicality, members get to dress up and debate in front of the press, people lobby each other for committee chairmanships, and they have lots of money to roll around in. Not too unlike politics in the real world...
...with most Harvard tours, the guides injected a sprinkling of architectural trivia: they pointed out rarely noticed crosses in the wrought iron of Johnston Gate and the brickwork of Matthews Hall...
...play's climactic scene, in which the three women "give birth," with unexpected results, illustrates this central flaw. Over wrought and suffused with vague religious symbolism, the birth scene simply fails to deliver the promised moment of redemptive "magic...
...novel resolutely refuses to describe the actual techniques of its doctor, while film makers feel the need to explain to their audience how this miracle is wrought. This is not only a necessity for the visual medium of film, but an indication that as we move closer to Frankenstein's work in modern science, such unspeakable horrors become everyday occurences. The rebirth of tissue, while still contraversial, is conceiveable in our time, and we are certainly interested to hear how it might be realized...