Reading between the lines.

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• Magnum Farce Maybe Clint Eastwood's not such an ironist after all.
  David Edelstein Dec. 17, 1996
  
• One-Hit Wonder Ralph Ellison's short stories confirm his novel's greatness.
  Gerald Early Dec. 11, 1996
  
• Black Brainpower The rise of the African-American intellectual.
  K. Anthony Appiah Dec. 3, 1996
  
• Whistling Dixie A search for the real South.
  Tony Horwitz Nov. 26, 1996
  
• Microcosm Worlds within worlds within Microsoft.
  James J. Cramer Nov. 19, 1996
  
• Oedipal Noir A crime writer investigates his own mother's murder.
  Luc Sante Nov. 12, 1996
  
• A Limousine Republican What made Nelson A. Rockefeller run?
  Steven R. Weisman Nov. 5, 1996
  
• The Fat Man Sings Richard Klein extols the pleasures of the flesh.
  Larissa MacFarquhar Oct. 29, 1996
  
• Famous Last Words Harold Brodkey's deathbed memoir.
  April Bernard Oct. 22, 1996
  
• Deadbeat Dads Mona Simpson's father fixation.
  Ann Hulbert Oct. 15, 1996
  
• Shut Up, He Explained A Yale Law professor gets it all wrong about the First Amendment.
  Louis Menand Oct. 8, 1996
  
• Innocence Abroad Mavis Gallant's affectless prose.
  Sarah Kerr Oct. 1, 1996
  
• A Man of the Old School Louis Begley's About Schmidt.
  James Wood Sept. 24, 1996
  
• The Mystery of Life Darwinism doesn't solve it.
  John Horgan Sept. 17, 1996
  
• The Last Thing We Expected Joan Didion's latest novel actually works.
  Ann Hulbert Sept. 10, 1996
  
• Net Result How the Internet was built.
  David S. Bennahum Aug. 27, 1996
  
• Auto-da-fé Klaus Kinski's self-immolating screed.
  Alex Ross Aug. 20, 1996
  
• Talking 'Bout His Generation Paul Berman reconsiders 1968.
  Alan Ehrenhalt Aug. 13, 1996
  
• The European George Steiner's Old World critique.
  Sven Birkerts July 30, 1996
  
• Sweetness and Bite History's ambivalence toward sugar, and other culinary tales.
  Jack Hitt July 23, 1996
  
• Hollywood Shuffle Not even the Japanese could sidestep the Tinseltown runaround.
  Steven R. Weisman July 17, 1996
  
• Into the Deep Melville and his Messianism.
  Paul Berman July 10, 1996
  
• Living With Bob Woodward It doesn't get much better than this, unfortunately.
  Jonathan Alter July 3, 1996
  
• Miss Unmannerly With her lastest book, America's etiquette expert does something she'd never condone: She overstays her welcome.
  Ann Hulbert June 25, 1996