THE LIES OF NOVELISTS
Edward T. Wheeler
English writer Ian McEwan has built his house of fiction in traditional patterns, seemingly avoiding forms of postmodern construction. In his novels,...
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ENGRAVINGS FROM LIFE David Jones Special Issue, The Chesterton Review, February and May 1997 $25,258 pp. Edward T. Wheeler David Jones (1895-1974) was a poet, watercolorist, and engraver, a...
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A CONTINENT-SIZED BOOK USA John Dos Passos Library of America, $40, 1,288 pp. Edward T. Wheeler The imprimatur of the Library of America is one indication of the significance of this book and,...
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AHOY?
Patrick O'Brian sails again
Edward T. Wheeler
The enormous success of Patrick O'Brian's historical novels defies any simple explanation. Perhaps the current interest in film adaptations of...
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Writing Home Alan Bennett Random House, $25,417 pp. Edward T. Wheeler Hhe dust jacket of Writing Home tells us that this was a number-one best-seller in England. As it happens, its author's...
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AN UNHAPPY TRAVELER The Sign off the Cross Travels through Catholic Europe Colm Tdibtn Pantheon, $24,296 pp. Edward T. Wheeler The Sign of the Cross is part story of a pilgrimage, part travel...
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THE CESSPOOL RUNS AMOK GHOSTS OF MANILA James Hamilton-Paterson Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $22, 279 pp. Edward T. Wheeler This is not a novel the Philippine Tourist Office would look kindly upon....
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WHAT THE IMAGINATION KNOWS PAUL THEROUX'S SEARCH FOR THE SECOND SELF EDWARD T. WHEELER At the close of his best-selling travel book, The Great Railway Bazaar (1975), Paul Theroux reflects...
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