Levi Stahl
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Speaking of Shirley Jackson: The Haunting of Hill House has one of the best opening paragraphs in all literature, and pays it off. And the collections of stories are full
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That’s quite the shirt-and-tie combo, Mr. Matthau. “How the hell can you run a goddam railroad without swearing?!” “Screw the goddam passengers. What do they expect for their thirty-five
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Sure, this is a 650-page novel about nuns. But, lord, it’s captivating. Set in a Benedictine abbey near London at midcentury, it brings a community—& a time, as the fresh
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