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Holy Matrimony! It is a Nice Day for a (Bill) White Wedding

Yesterday was a pretty hot day in the Grill Room. George and Lori Hall were here creating a big casino. Their horse, Ruler On Ice, beat 24-to-1 odds to win the Belmont Stakes last month, and they were lunching with the kings of the jockey world. The Grill Room crowd was going nuts, running over Read More

Comedy Without a Gimmick, Conventional Yet Nimble

Mark Haddon’s debut, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, was a mystery story told from the perspective of a young man with autism, an audacious and inventive conceit. Mr. Haddon’s new novel, A Spot of Bother, is an entirely conventional comedy of manners. No matter—the genre may be tired, but the Read More

Comedy Without a Gimmick, Conventional Yet Nimble

Mark Haddon’s debut, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, was a mystery story told from the perspective of a young man with autism, an audacious and inventive conceit. Mr. Haddon’s new novel, A Spot of Bother, is an entirely conventional comedy of manners. No matter—the genre may be tired, but the writing Read More