I haven’t been keeping my on my New Yorker review.s For the past couple of weeks, I’ve had this particular issue stashed in my purse for reading emergencies. I’m retiring it today and putting another issue in my purse, so I thought I would do a quick rundown of my favorite articles.
Annals of Law – Camp Justice: The next stage at Guantanamo
Written by the author of The Nine, this article looks at the potential ways the new President might deal with Guantanamo. Thought provoking, if a little too detailed.
Profiles – Somebody Has To Be in Control: George Clooney and the art of fame
This article was interesting but seemed to only graze the surface of who George Clooney is. At first, I was disappointed by that but then I realized that that is the point. George just won’t let anyone in.
Fiction – “The Lie” by T. Coraghessan Boyle
This story drew me in in a way that many New Yorker fiction stories fail to do. I read the whole story, start to finish, with no skimming. I didn’t like the story. Wait. I didn’t like the protagonist. I related. To a point. Young man, disillusioned with wife, baby, job, life tells lies. Just read it.
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