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Novelists forges new territory
Special to South Florida Sun-SentinelBy April 1938, the Anschluss was complete. Austrian voters had decided by a landslide to create the Austro-German union. In Spain, Vinaroz had been overrun by Franco's army, isolating Castile. In Warsaw, the eternal round of diplomatic parties continued...Tags: Eric Ambler, Espionage and Intelligence, Fiction, Charles de Gaulle
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Family memories of Americans in pre-Castro Cuba become a standout debut novel in 'Telex From Cuba'
Books EditorGrowing up in California, Rachel Kushner listened to stories about her mother's childhood in Cuba with such intense pleasure, the stories became imprinted in her mind. In 2000, Kushner traveled to Nicaro, the town in Oriente Province where her mother,...Tags: Los Angeles, California, New York, Reviews, Coral Gables
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Brendan Fraser stands tall with 'Journey to the Center of the Earth'
Special to The TimesBRENDAN FRASER is big man in Hollywood. The 6-foot-3 actor has a firm handshake and a marquee smile, but when he talks, he's so soft-spoken -- and aware of that fact -- that he's constantly leaning in and stooping over during conversations. But he's...Tags: Ian McKellen, Encino, Santa Monica, Celebrity, Cartoons
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British spy units seek a few good women
Associated PressLONDON—Bond. Jane Bond. Britain's secret spy agency, home to the very white and very male 007, is hunting for women and minorities to tackle global terrorism. More than 20,000 people have applied since MI6 began its open recruiting campaign about...Tags: Terrorism, Central Intelligence Agency, Espionage and Intelligence, Death and Dying
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Did You Ever Wonder
Some people think they know the Dot, but sadly, they are wrong. The Dot is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma and password-protected. The Dot could be beside you on the beach, hat pulled low, squinting through smudged Ray Bans at an old...Tags: Vehicles, Rowing, P. Diddy, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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'The Legal Limit' by Martin Clark
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJuly 9, 2008 It does Martin Clark's fine new novel, "The Legal Limit," no injustice at all to call it perfect summer reading. This is the sort of book Graham Greene used to call "an entertainment" -- which is to say, sufficient skillful attention has...Tags: Baptist, John Grisham, Health and Safety at School, Crimes, Book
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'Palace Council' by Stephen L. Carter
Special to The TimesJuly 8, 2008 It's no surprise that in "Palace Council," the third of Stephen L. Carter's fables about black America's upper crust, success depends not on what you know but whom. With the right connections -- along with the right bloodlines and...Tags: The White House, Sugar Ray, Walter Cronkite, Joseph P. Kennedy, History
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'The Spies of Warsaw,' by Alan Furst
During the war years in the Balkans, on those chilly nights when you counted your blessings if you had a portable generator that provided enough light to read by, Alan Furst's spy novels offered pleasant diversion for many a foreign correspondent. Furst,...Tags: Espionage and Intelligence, Sag Harbor (East Hampton, New York), Charles de Gaulle, Crimes, History
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Annual Hay Festival is one for the books
The small market town of Hay, nestled on the border between England and Wales, is an unlikely setting for one of the world's biggest book festivals. It has a population of less than 2,000, and the nearest train station is 30 miles away. Yet each year,...Tags: Arthur Miller, Bobby Fischer, Boris Spassky, Al Gore, Gore Vidal
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'Hotel Crystal,' a novel by Olivier Rolin
Hotel Crystal
A Novel
Olivier Rolin, translated from the French by Jane Kuntz
Dalkey Archive Press: 216 pp., $12.95 paper
Leave it to the French to pen a spy novel that takes the thrill out of espionage.
"Hotel Crystal's" conceit: A famous writer --...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Central Intelligence Agency, Tourism and Leisure, Espionage and Intelligence, Hotels and Accommodations
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