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Book Review: Social “Darling”

November 22, 2004
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This novel about an American radical of the ’60s who flees to Africa displays a cool grasp of the barbaric machinations of globalization.

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Book Review: Target — The White House

October 21, 2004
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By Harvey Blume Nicholson Baker’s new novel is about a man obsessed with killing President Bush. Checkpoint: A Novel by Nicholson Baker. (Knopf) Nicholson Baker’s short, funny — and frequently tender — new novel consists of a conversation between Ben and Jay, high school buddies who haven’t seen each other in a few years, and…

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