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Newt Gingrich's public riffs on the president's moral shortcomings are Issue 1. Chatter about the indictment of Webster Hubbell and the release of his taped prison phone calls captures Issue 2. And Thursday's White House press conference--memorable for the answers Clinton didn't give--is Issue 3.
Some critics praise his insight into the dark nature of American business and his riffs on subjects from chemotherapy to free markets.
Critics like McEwan's plot twists (you're not sure if the Christian is psychotic until the end) and theoretical bent (high-minded riffs on Darwin and Keats).
Overall, though, both shows are riffs on the same Mary Tyler Moore theme, which after 30 years has become the key slogan of TV feminism: They're going to make it after all.
Always read "more for his trend-setting insights than his novelistic dexterity," he loses his hipster cred with this novel "by jumping on the already tired beauty-pageant-bashing bandwagon" ( Publishers' Weekly ). Even worse, "his brand labels are just slightly faded," and the story feels "curiously clipped and uptight" (Tom Shone, the New York Times ). On a more positive note, many also point out that despite his faux pas, Coupland has put together "a brilliant set of riffs" on pop culture and Hollywood life (James Poniewozik, Time ). (Click here to see some of the furniture the author has designed.)