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Brief reviews

by Harper’s Staff,

Witness at El Playón

by Robert Stone,

Photography from El Salvador’s heart of darkness

Tumult of the limbs

by Hugh Kenner,

Is it true the bourgeoisie had more fun?

Brief reviews

by J. M.,

Brief reviews

by J. S.,

Brief reviews

by Harper’s Staff,

Brief reviews

by J. B.,

Biting the invisible hand

by James Tobin,

Lester Thurow and four economic theories in search of reality

Dark dark dark

by Marvin Mudrick,

Heavy weather in Joseph Conrad's letters

Philip Larkin’s enormous yes

by James Wolcott,

A connoisseur of doom whose wit refuses to die

Palpitations

by Harper’s Staff,

Brief reviews

by J. B.,

Brief reviews

by Harper’s Staff,

Dictated but not read

by Rhoda Koenig,

It's wonderful being William Buckley, but it doesn't leave you time to write

Fort Bragg’s Mr. Hyde

by Robert Stone,

One night, wholesome, hardworking Capt. Jeffrey MacDonald turned into a murderer

Hammett’s long goodbye

by James Wolcott,

A deferential biography of literature's Marlboro man

Palpitations

by Harper’s Staff,

Brief reviews

by J. S.,

Brief reviews

by Harper’s Staff,

Stalking Dr. Kissinger

by Garry Wills,

Seymour Hersh collected a mountain of damning evidence, but he let his man escape

Poetize or bust

by Hugh Kenner,

Poetry isn't what it used to be, but then it never was

The prince of finesse

by James Wolcott,

Nine hundred pages of criticism prove that John Updike is no air-dancing dandy

Palpitations

by Harper’s Staff,

Brief reviews

by J. M.,

Brief reviews

by J. S.,

Brief reviews

by Harper’s Staff,

Brief reviews

by D. O.,

The great white elephant

by Marilyn Stasio,

The failure of Harold Prince's A Doll's Life, and what it says about Broadway

Theater

by Harper’s Staff,

Mooing in the meadows of love

by James Wolcott,

Confessional novels that give real life a bad name

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Brief reviews

Witness at El Playón

Tumult of the limbs

Brief reviews

Brief reviews

Brief reviews

Brief reviews

Biting the invisible hand

Dark dark dark

Philip Larkin’s enormous yes

Palpitations

Brief reviews

Brief reviews

Dictated but not read

Fort Bragg’s Mr. Hyde

Hammett’s long goodbye

Palpitations

Brief reviews

Brief reviews

Stalking Dr. Kissinger

Poetize or bust

The prince of finesse

Palpitations

Brief reviews

Brief reviews

Brief reviews

Brief reviews

The great white elephant

Theater

Mooing in the meadows of love

December 1983

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