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...The vocalese, rap-smart rhymes and floaty vocal harmonies that celebrate “Freeman Square” — “a pyrotechnic kinda sheen . . ....
...The Devil’s Detective, by Simon Kurt Unsworth, Del Rey, RRP£12.99 A police procedural set in Hell, this fiendishly good debut marks Unsworth out as a talent to watch....
...Kurt Elling is unmistakably a jazz singer; his subtle shifts of accent and time transform the most mundane lyrics into narratives steeped in the human condition....
...Is Kurt Wimmer’s screenplay ingenious or just far-fetched? A little of both. Is F. Gary Gray’s direction more earnest than the material requires? Almost certainly....
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