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Of course, Clinton deserves some plaudits for preserving Reaganism (this is his true legacy), but Reagan deserves the lion's share of the credit for turning the country, and the world, around.
Surprisingly, the Sunday Telegraph 's editorial was hostile to President Clinton, who had elsewhere been garnering plaudits for his contribution to the peace settlement.
McGrath earns extra plaudits for suppressing his usual fondness for the fantastic: Asylum "is closer to Hardy than Poe," says Phil Baker in the London Times . (See the Random House site for excerpts from Asylum .)
Plaudits go to rookie British director Richard Kwietniowski for deploying "exactly calibrated bursts of dry wit" (Kenneth Turan, the Los Angeles Times ). But the highest praise goes to character actor John Hurt's wry depiction of the writer.
More plaudits for Margaret Atwood's Victorian thriller Alias Grace: In the New York Times Book Review , Francine Prose compares the book to a 19 th -century novel, because of its "spooky plot twists" and "engrossing narrative."