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...“Other notable modern authors to collect are Ursula Le Guin, William Gibson and Dan Simmons.” Unsurprisingly, values are often affected by screen adaptations....
...“In America, poverty and place are tied together in really deep ways,” says Carol Naughton, the president of Purpose Built Communities, a non-profit organisation....
...Andrew (Miles Teller) is a jazz drumming prodigy who comes to be tutored and tormented by a sadistic conservatory teacher of military mien and acid tongue (played by JK Simmons)....
...Similarly filigreed are Jane Greenwood’s costumes; the lavender coat worn by the daffy Betty Chumley, portrayed by Carol Kane, is stunning....
...I’m Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen, by Sylvie Simmons, Jonathan Cape, RRP£20 A well-rounded portrait of the poet-singer, who comes across as a depressive sensualist; his dry wit finds an echo in Simmons...
...In Dan Simmons’ outstanding “This Year’s Class Picture”, the zombies are schoolchildren into whom a possibly deranged teacher is trying to instil some learning....
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