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"Everyone I knew was taking the transformation of their own country in stride," Rieff marvels in Los Angeles . Not him: "Often, I would sit in a restaurant and be literally unable to follow the conversation going on around me, so mesmerized was I by the Laotian busboy, or the Peruvian parking lot attendant, or the Haitian dishwasher--our new fellow countrymen.
"Highly recommended to the many readers of Goldhagen's controversial book, especially those who were mesmerized by its hypotheses.
Duvall introduces Sonny as a small boy, being led by an immense black woman through the swinging doors of a back-country Texas church, where the restless child is mesmerized by a gospel preacher.
Chatterbox is mesmerized by a cover story in the March 15 issue of Fortune on how Bill Gates, the world's richest man, invests his money.
Mesmerized by the narrative rush of Sheehy's bodice-ripper, Chatterbox almost forgot to look up the business about smoking dope.