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January 15, 2009 Issue - 18 Articles-
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Widcraft (Review) Alison Lurie
, pp. 4-5 The Widows of Eastwick, by John Updike
- The Widows of Eastwick by John Updike
- Working Overtime
John Ashbery
, pp. 6-7 -
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Drug Companies & Doctors: A Story of Corruption (3 Reviews) Marcia Angell
, pp. 8-13 Side Effects, by Alison Bass
- Side Effects by Alison Bass
- Our Daily Meds by Melody Petersen
- Shyness by Christopher Lane
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Sacred, Earthy & Sublime (2 Reviews) Andrew Butterfield
, pp. 14-19 Mantegna, 1431-1506, by Giovanni Agosti and Dominique Thiebaut
- Mantegna, 1431-1506 by Giovanni Agosti and Dominique Thiebaut
- Giovanni Bellini by Mauro Lucco and Giovanni C.F. Villa
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What to Do About the Torturers? (3 Reviews) David Cole
, pp. 20-24 Torture Team, by Philippe Sands
- Torture Team by Philippe Sands
- The Trial of Donald Rumsfeld by Michael Ratner
- Administration of Torture by Jameel Jaffer and Amrit Singh
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The Poet and the Wreck (2 Reviews) Mark Ford
, pp. 25-27 Gerard Manley Hopkins: A Life, by Paul Mariani
- Gerard Manley Hopkins: A Life by Paul Mariani
- Exiles by Ron Hansen
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Can You Spare a Dime? (Review) Robert Skidelsky
, pp. 28-30 The Ascent of Money, by Niall Ferguson
- The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson
- Oppie in New York
Daniel Mendelsohn
, pp. 31-33 Doctor Atomic
- 'Dictatorial Designs' in Nicaragua
Joel Simon
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The Iran Mystery Case (6 Reviews) Max Rodenbeck
, pp. 35-38 Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies, by Barbara Slavin
- Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies by Barbara Slavin
- Treacherous Alliance by Trita Parsi
- Ahmadinejad by Kasra Naji
- Reading Khamenei by Karim Sadjadpour
- The Struggle for Iran by Christopher de Bellaigue
- The Ayatollah Begs to Differ by Hooman Majd
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Adventures in the Opium Trade (Review) Cathleen Schine
, pp. 39-41 Sea of Poppies, by Amitav Ghosh
- Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
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How Not to Make Peace in the Middle East (3 Reviews) Hussein Agha and Robert Malley
, pp. 42-45 The Much Too Promised Land, by Aaron David Miller
- The Much Too Promised Land by Aaron David Miller
- Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace by Daniel C. Kurtzer and Scott B. Lasensky
- Innocent Abroad by Martin Indyk
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Capitalist Pastorale (7 Reviews) Janet Malcolm
, pp. 46-49 A Girl of the Limberlost, by Gene Stratton-Porter
- A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
- Freckles by Gene Stratton-Porter
- The Harvester by Gene Stratton-Porter
- Her Father's Daughter by Gene Stratton-Porter
- The Keeper of the Bees by Gene Stratton-Porter
- Gene Stratton-Porter: Novelist and Naturalist by Judith Reich Long
- The Lady of the Limberlost by Jeannette Porter Meehan
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American Parable (Review) Sanford Schwartz
, pp. 50-53 Thomas Chambers, by Kathleen A. Foster
- Thomas Chambers by Kathleen A. Foster
- China's Charter 08
Perry Link
, pp. 54-56 - A Chill on 'The Guardian'
Alan Rusbridger
, pp. 57-60 - On V.S. Naipaul
Ian Buruma, Margaret Murray, and Paul Theroux
, p. 61 An Exchange
- Letters
Orlando Figes, Sarah Kerr, and David Rosand
, pp. 61-64