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January 12, 1998 Issue - 20 Articles- Comment
Jeffrey Toobin
, pp. 8-10 The Plot Thins
- The Mail, p. 11
- Goings On About Town, pp. 12-28
- The Talk of the Town, pp. 29-31
- The World of Business
John Cassidy
, pp. 32-37 The Force of an Idea
- The Sporting Scene
John Seabrook
, pp. 38-41 Born Slippy
- "The Pallbearer"
Mary Karr
, pp. 42-45 - Personal History
Andrew Solomon
, pp. 46-55 Anatomy of Melancholy
- "Falcon"
Rachel Hadas
, pp. 56-57 - Showcase: Natasha Richardson
Max Vadukul and John Lahr
, pp. 58-61 - At the Galleries
Calvin Tomkins
, pp. 62-65 David Hockney
- Fiction: "The Telephone Game"
William Trevor
, pp. 66-69 - Postscript: Citizen Gill, pp. 70-73
The Critics
- Musical Events
Alex Ross
, pp. 74-77 -
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Books: The War Between Men and Women (Review) Louis Menand
, pp. 78-81 Paradise, by Toni Morrison
- Paradise by Toni Morrison
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Briefly Noted (5 Reviews) , p. 82 The Art of Scandal, by Douglass Shand-Tucci
- The Art of Scandal by Douglass Shand-Tucci
- God and the American Writer by Alfred Kazin
- The Slave Trade by Hugh Thomas
- The American Opera Singer by Peter G. Davis
- On the Surface of Things by Felice C. Frankel and George M. Whitesides
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The Current Cinema (2 Reviews) Anthony Lane
, pp. 83-84 Split Screen
- Jackie Brown (1997 Film) by Quentin Tarantino
- Oscar and Lucinda (1997 Film) by Gillian Armstrong
- Crossword, p. 85
- Shouts & Murmurs
Bruce McCall
, pp. 86-88 Last Gasp College Fair
- Cover: "The Man in the Mirror"
Saul Steinberg
