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...Novels are frequently in dialogue with other novels, especially successful ones, so it’s no surprise that Donna Tartt’s international phenomenon The Secret History is still inspiring writers 30 years after...
...It comes as a shock, therefore, when halfway through the novel, K, a “retainer” of Wayland’s in skinless human form beneath its red cloak, joins the narrative....
...“Chris K”, as his staff call him, asks for a Filet-O-Fish, medium fries, a more modestly proportioned Diet Coke and a plain vanilla sundae to be delivered later....
...“The assumption is that those investors don’t dig into portfolios or look at what they are invested in,” says Mr Holt....
...Wolitzer deserves more recognition: she is as talented a storyteller as Donna Tartt, as funny as Jonathan Franzen, but she has her own distinct brilliance, too....
...The wealthy summer residents included William K Vanderbilt, who commissioned the architect Richard Morris Hunt to design Marble House, an $11m estate in the style of a French Renaissance palace....
...If Trent Reznor [of Nine Inch Nails] says ‘Get the f**k out of my way,’ you get the f**k out of his way. Dr Dre said: ‘If you send one of your guys up to my studio they’re not going to make it out....
...US regulations require 401(k) sponsors to look at costs, and the response has been to drive down fees....
...Channelling the trend to its full risqué capacity was Kim K (who else?) in a tapestry-inspired, poncho from the Balmain 2015 resort collection....
...The Indiana-born executive was appointed Burberry’s chief in July 2006 after long stints at more mass-market brands such as Liz Claiborne and Donna Karan....
...When we encounter androids in the work of novelists such as Philip K Dick or Isaac Asimov, they are often tragic figures who demand an extension of sympathy: above all else they long to be human, which they...
...In the Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364, Tetzlaff’s exceptionally brilliant violin found an appreciative counterforce in Tamestit’s exceptionally mellow viola....
...K. Rowling-based wizard saga spectacularly self-destructs. One main character is fanged by a giant snake. Others are impaled, blown up or vaporised....
...Obraztsova, nearly 71, was scheduled to simulate the sultry attitudes and platitudes of Carmen, among other prima-donna indulgences. Officially pleading illness, however, she stayed away....
...A surprising amount was spent commenting on the newly lithe frame of Potter’s creator, J.K. Rowling – and the clothes adorning it....
...Their Mozart K.575 is intimate, fluently argued and intelligently nuanced – the very soul of chamber music....
...In fact, David Alden’s gleefully trashy production owes more to cold war films such as The Manchurian Candidate and Dr Strangelove than it does to J.K. Rowling....
...Stine US 29 Victoria Holt UK 30 Karl Marx Germany 31 Alistair MacLean UK 32 Oscar Wilde Ireland 33 Sidney Sheldon US 34 Rudolf Steiner Austria 35 Ernest Hemingway US 36 Friedrich Engels Germany...
...He won re-election by a narrow margin last November, after thousands of votes for Donna Frye, a Democrat council member and surf-shop owner, were ruled invalid on a technicality....
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...Jordan, Jr., Senior Managing Director, Lazard Donna Karan, Founder and Chief Designer, Donna Karan International Jeffrey Katzenberg, Co-Founder, Principal and Producer, DreamWorks SKG William E....
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