October 19, 2009 Issue, THE NEW YORKER

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- Goings On About Town, pp. 6-26
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  The Talk of the Town (5 Items) , p. 27
  1. Comment: Nobel Surprise
    Hendrik Hertzberg
    , p. 27
  2. Brainteaser: You've Got Mail
    Lizzie Widdicombe
    , p. 28
  3. Man's Best Friend: Scratch and Sniff
    Ian Frazier
    , p. 29
  4. Moonlighting: Practice!
    Tad Friend
    , pp. 30-31
  5. The Financial Page: Exit Through Lobby
    James Surowiecki
    , pp. 32-33
- Onward and Upward With the Arts
  Calvin Tomkins
  , pp. 34-39
  The Imperfectionist
- Shouts & Murmurs
  Ellis Weiner
  , pp. 40-41
  Subject: Our Marketing Plan
- Profiles: The Secret Keeper
  William Finnegan
  , pp. 42-49
  Jules Kroll and the world of corporate intel
- Annals of Medicine
  Malcolm Gladwell
  , pp. 50-59
  Offensive Play
- Postscript: Irving Penn
  Adam Gopnik
  , pp. 60-61
  A popular classicist
- The Gossip Mill
  Rebecca Mead
  , pp. 62-65
- Fiction: "Complicity"
  Jules Barnes
  , pp. 72-77
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  Tudor Tales (Review)
  Joan Acocella
  , pp. 78-81
  Thomas Cromwell, by Robert Hutchinson
  1. Thomas Cromwell by Robert Hutchinson
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  A Critic At Large (3 Reviews)
  Daniel Zalewski
  , pp. 82-86
  Martha Doesn't Say Sorry, by Samantha Berger
  1. Martha Doesn't Say Sorry by Samantha Berger
  2. Anh's Anger by Gail Silver
  3. My Mouth Is a Volcano! by Julia Cook
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  Briefly Noted (4 Reviews) , p. 87
  Keynes, by Robert Skidelsky
  1. Keynes by Robert Skidelsky
  2. Beg Borrow, Steal by Michael Greenberg
  3. The Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess Walter
  4. Blame by Michelle Huneven
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  Songs of Myself (Review)
  James Wood
  , pp. 88-89
  The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis, by Lydia Davis
  1. The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis by Lydia Davis
- The Theatre
  John Lahr
  , pp. 92-95
  "Hamlet," "Let Me Down Easy"
- Musical Events
  Alex Ross
  , pp. 96-97
  Alan Gilbert's debut at the Philharmonic
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  The Current Cinema (2 Reviews)
  David Denby
  , pp. 98-102
  Naughty Boys
  1. Where the Wild Things Are (2009 Film) by Spike Jonze
  2. An Education (2008 Film) by Lone Scherfig
- "A History of Origami"
  Bob Hicok
  , pp. 66-71
- "From Weymouth"
  Will Eaves
  , pp. 90-91
- Cover: "In the World of Books"
  Eric Drooker