By Drew Grant 7/19/12 4:15pm

EBooks

'Pride & Prejudice,' minus zombies, plus dirty words (Clandestine Classics)

Read Excerpts From New Erotic E-Book Versions of Pride & Prejudice, Sherlock Holmes

Thank you, statute of limitations on copyrighted material! Clandestine Classics, a subsidiary of Total-E-Bound publishing, has rewritten five of those stuffy British novelsyou were forced to read in English class and turned them into poorly-spelled BDSM sex stories. Unfortunately, these e-rotica e-books won’t be available till July 30th (let the 12 day countdown begin!), but on the bright side, Clandestine has given readers a sneak peak to its 19th century knickers.

Let’s read some excerpts (which are NSFW…as much as words can be NSFW), shall we? Read More

By Mindy Aloff 8/28/06 12:00am

Expert, Elegant Satire Gently Exposes Media Elite

For her fourth novel, The Emperor’s Children, Claire Messud has put aside her customary sobriety and composed a suspenseful, dark, pitch-perfect comedy of manners and morals about a small collection of individuals who aspire to—or might have stepped from—the “Intelligencer” section of New York magazine or the “Off the Record” column of this publication.

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By Mindy Aloff 8/28/06 12:00am

Expert, Elegant Satire Gently Exposes Media Elite

For her fourth novel, The Emperor’s Children, Claire Messud has put aside her customary sobriety and composed a suspenseful, dark, pitch-perfect comedy of manners and morals about a small collection of individuals who aspire to—or might have stepped from—the “Intelligencer” section of New York magazine or the “Off the Record” column of this publication.

The Read More

By Staff 4/27/06 1:44pm

I Was Wrong

(I love saying that.)

Guess Harvard kids aren’t the only ones who like the packaged lit story. The Times is now Frey-ing Viswanathan. The paper of record hops on Jon Liu’s piece this morning. But doesn’t do nearly as good a job as Liu.

The great thing Liu did, or Read More

By Michael Calderone 3/06/06 12:00am

Where Are You, Whit? Criterion Does Metropolitan

Midway through Metropolitan, the preppy cast riffs on Luis Buñuel’s unflattering portrayal of the upper class, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. Based on the title alone, Charlie, a pessimistic know-it-all, feels that he went to see the film under false pretenses. He simply can’t “imagine a less fair or convincing portrait.” Nick, the group’s Read More

By Michael Calderone 3/06/06 12:00am

Where Are You, Whit? Criterion Does Metropolitan

Midway through Metropolitan, the preppy cast riffs on Luis Buñuel’s unflattering portrayal of the upper class, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. Based on the title alone, Charlie, a pessimistic know-it-all, feels that he went to see the film under false pretenses. He simply can’t “imagine a less fair or convincing portrait.” Nick, the group’s Read More

By Andrew Sarris 12/05/05 12:00am

Soderbergh, Clooney and Co. Make Mideast Mess Too Simple

Stephen Gaghan’s Syriana, from a screenplay by Mr. Gaghan, suggested by the book See No Evil by Robert Baer, seems to position itself as a serious-minded political statement by studiously, even laboriously, avoiding all the compromises and clichés common to mere commercial entertainments. This is to say that it’s hard to follow, overloaded with characters Read More