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Books in brief

By Richard Schickel, John Hollander, and Marion Magid

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SEE ALSO: Fat city (Book); How to raise a human being (Book); Merrill, James Ingram; Mitford, Jessica; Salk, Lee; Gardner, Leonard; Howard, Richard; Kramer, Rita; The bamboo bed (Book); The fire screen (Book); The trial of Dr. Spock (Book); Untitled subjects (Book); Eastlake, William

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December 2009

THE GENERAL ELECTRIC SUPERFRAUD
Why the Hudson River Will Never Run Clean
By David Gargill

THE MASTER OF SPIN BOLDAK
Undercover with Afghanistan’s Drug-Trafficking Border Police
By Matthieu Aikins

MERMAID FEVER
A story by Steven Millhauser

UNDERSTANDING OBAMACARE
By Luke Mitchell

Also: Dave Hickey and Wendell Berry

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