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Fiction
NEW YORK - Writing the next Great American Novel, but need a little inspiration?
Consider the 1958 Olivetti that Cormac McCarthy used to write his novels, including "The Road" and "No Country for Old Men." Both books were turned into movies.
The vampire romance "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days and pulled in a total of $258.8 million worldwide, according to studio estimates Sunday.
HONG KONG - The story of a Chinese Communist Party official who moves to a community of boat people after his revolutionary lineage is refuted has won the Man Asian Literary Prize, organizers said.
NEW YORK - Oblivion toward the less fortunate, lack of reproductive freedom, and rationing of medical care are just some of the timely themes of Ann Marie Healy's thoughtful new satire, "What Once We Felt," premiering off-Broadway at The Duke on 42nd.
"The Education of a British-Protected Child" (Knopf, 208 pages, $24.95), by Chinua Achebe: Nigerian author Chinua Achebe's new book, his first in 20 years, is not especially new.
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