Author: Anders

Mandatory Plaid Shirt

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The San Francisco Chronicle has posted a brief interview with Steven Sparks, who works at the city's Green Apple Books, in my favorite part of SF--Clement Street. You can see the store's website here.--David E

Turning Japanese

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Donald Richie has written an article about Boy, a book of three short stories by Japanese actor/director Kitano "Beat" Takeshi. You might know Takeshi as the host of the cult hit TV show Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, but he's also a serious actor. His most famous move is the great Hana-bi (Fireworks). Richie's article discusses … Continue reading Turning Japanese

The End

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When Ian Rankin's best-known character, the crusty Edinburgh cop John Rebus, debuted in 1987's Knots and Crosses, he was forty years old. He's been aging in the novels right along with the rest of the world, and he's now sixty and approaching mandatory retirement. Seventeen books later, Rankin has announced that the next Rebus novel, … Continue reading The End