European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 06, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Books j. Reviews Nicole Brown Simpson by Faye d. Resnick with Mike Walker Dove books of j. Simpson a so angry writes Resnick that his cheekbones bunched ii twitching beneath his  anatomical Miracle no it s just the Eyebrow raising prose style of Resnick who has written a private diary described in one newspaper s Book review Section As the most eagerly anticipated Book of All time.". A a. Aside from the burst of headlines and talk show topicality what s actually in it in part it s an indictment of . Simpson but it s also a Story about a world that is different from yours and mine. It tells what it is like to be Rich and Beautiful and not very intelligent in the Tony sections of los Angeles. The author claims to have been Nicole Simpson s Best Friend which is not to say that they knew each other More than a few years things move fast in this crowd including  a society where a metaphor in t Good enough Resnick says she and Nicole Simpson were literally becoming soul  parts of the Book seem a useful appendix to what already has been written and broadcast about the Simpson Case. Her characterization of the Simpsons mutually obsessive violence prone relationship jibes with what already has been  Resnick s fantastical achievement is to turn a tragic Story the brutal murder of two people into a vapid autobiographical comedy. Joel Achenbach Washington Post crossing the threshold of hop by John Paul ii Alfred a. Knopf this Small elegantly printed volume. It has the look of a prayer Book consists chiefly of the Pope s answers to 35 questions submitted by Vittorro Messori an italian journalist for an interview that never took  Book is described As the first work written fora general audience. The Praise from the Pope s apologists who Are numerous is  the Public at Large will find the Book com Pelling is doubtful. Frank Somerville Baltimore Sun in the Lake of the Woods by Tim o Brien Houghton Mifflin for o Brien even the Cool Crisp Evergreen forests of Northern Minnesota can simmer with the heat and stink of the steamy Jungles of Vietnam. O Brien was a Grunt in Nam 26 years ago and the horror of that War has burned like a fiery tracer through a number of his novels and Short stories. His latest novel con firms that for o Brien Vietnam never really  has it ended for Richard Wade the novel s protagonist. Wade is a political hopeful whose shot for a National office is blown out of the sky when hews stories reveal his wartime participation in the massacre of hundreds of villagers in a Hamlet known to history As my Lai. _. Steve silk Hartford courant 1 Michael Jackson unauthorized by Christo Pher Andersen Simon & schuster publishers would like you to believe unauthorized is a Quality you d want in a celebrity biography. The Story he did t want told he won t like what we say Here our dirt in t subject to his coverup boy is this going to be Good Juicy stuff actually the meaning of the word especially when apply Edo the unending Stream of trash bios in t so different from its original meaning the subject would not  we could t talk to him or anybody close to  we were left talking to peripheral characters who either Don t know him or who have an a to grind and mostly we got All the clippings we could on the Guy threw out the flattering ones and were left to devise our own theory unchecked by the subject or  fans of Jackson certainly won t want a copy of this Book his detractors would t want to spend a dime on a Book about Jackson any More than they would buy one of his records. This is nothing More than a one Stop compendium of every negative tabloid Story. In one smooth Michael Jackson like motion it should be tossed right into the trash bin. Roger Catlin Hartford Curant the body farm by Patricia Cornwell Scribn ers. / -. In the newest mystery featuring Virginia forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta readers get detailed descriptions of autopsies on murder victims Long explanations of Complex computer operations and reve lations about futuristic scientific experiments at Fri laboratories in Quantico  again amazingly Cornwe is Able to make this esoteric environment in which her heroine solves crimes fascinating and appealing even to the most unscientific minded Reader. Sylvia Sachs Pittsburgh Post Gazette the masters of the House by Robert bar Nard Scribner in Barnard s Fleet literate prose the mystery of who killed a neighbor in the Garden becomes secon Dary to the mystery of what she was doing there in the first place. Robert Croan Pittsburgh Post Gazette talking from to 5i How women s an men s conversational styles affect who gets heard who sets credit and what ets done at work by Deborah Tannen Wil Liam Morrow what Tayrien finds As she has found in pre 7vious books is that men and women speak two completely different languages. La general men Are More direct women Are More placating. Both meth ods Are valid writes Tannen but the mix can make i impossible to communicate across the gender Barrier or the water cooler in Thi Scase. The result scan be funny or serious. Susan Campbell Hartford courant arrogant capitals Washington Wall Street and the frustration of american polities by Kevin Phillips Little Brown. Phillips dislikes elites whether in Washington or on Wall Street. He views those who make their living from politics or finance As parasites on the body politic and the Economy the irony of which Phillips seems to have no sense is that he is part of the parasitic culture of Washington himself. A quasi Consul Tant who makes a comfortable living dispensing political punditry within the precincts of the Beltway Phillips looks at least from a distance like part of the culture he describes. Presumably a would say that his desire to change it sets him apart. But his Lazy throwaway Book makes him look like part of the problem not part of the solution. Jacob Weisberg new Day -. James Harriot s cat stories by James her riot St. Martin s. Publishers Are purring about the Public s seemingly insatiable taste for cat books. Herriot s latest stands at no. 5 on the new York times Best seller list and dozens of other feline tomes Are Selling Well. We have 12 shelves with nothing but books on cats says Chris Castille of Barnes & Noble Bookstore in Atlanta. Anything with cats on it Sells Well says Castille who theorizes that the majority of cat owners must be women. Women Are the ones who buy most of the books in Hitler s Shadow an israeli s amazing journey inside Germany s Neo nazi move ment by Yaron Storay and Nick Taylor Nan a. Talese Doubleday. Mistaken for an american by the Neo nazi under ground in Germany israeli journalist Storay used hidden cameras and recording devices to document the terrifying spread of the right Wing organization. Recessional by James a. Michener random House. This Story of senior citizens in a Florida retirement Home is As Bland As the institutional meals. 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