June 4-10, 1999


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Articles and Features


The "Master of Disaster" by Clay Smith

An interview with war correspondent Scott Anderson, author of The Man Who Tried to Save the World.



Annual Summer Reading Section introduction by Clay Smith
  • Brief Interviews With Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace
  • Away Games: The Life and Times of a Latin Ball Player by Marcos Bretón and José Luis Villegas
  • Choice of Evil by Andrew Vachss
  • Burning Girl: A Novel by Ben Neihart
  • The Ground Beneath Her Feet: A Novel by Salaman Rushdie
  • The Redhunter: A Novel Based on the Life of Senator Joe McCarthy by William F. Buckley Jr.
  • Poison Widows: A True Story of Witchcraft, Arsenic, and Murder by George Cooper
  • Paris Trance: A Romance by Geoff Dyer


News and Author Signings

Postscripts by Clay Smith

Book news, signings, and author appearances this week.


Off the Bookshelf

Short reviews of recently published books, plus this week's top 10 local bestsellers from a different local bookstore every week.



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