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Ten new stories from Alice Munro cover random violence and Victorian Europe
TORONTO - "Too Much Happiness," the title of Alice Munro's new book of stories, is certainly not a problem for most of the characters in these 10 disturbing and mesmerizing tales.
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'Buddha' unveils life in Afghanistan
Over the past 40 years, Afghanistan has suffered through invasions by both of the world's superpowers, a civil war, fundamentalist Taliban rule, communist oppression and ongoing attacks by the world's most notorious insurgent groups.
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Sun Storm chilling
The same dark aura that hovers over master Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell's novels characterizes this award-winning first novel by Asa Larsson, a former female tax lawyer.
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'Hard Way' hits hard
Lee Child is the kind of thriller-writer who can keep you up nights trying to finish his books.
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'Debutante Divorcee' derivative
Plum Sykes' new novel (her first, the hit Bergdorf Blondes) owes quite a lot to Clare Boothe Luce's classic play The Women.
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Actors get 'In Character'
In the best acting, truth is sensed in the face before it is heard in the voice. Dialogue often confirms what we already know, what we have divined from moistened eyes or the flash of a smile or the tilt of the head, or the tension holding the actor’s lips as fear or anger or concern or joy is silently communicated.
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