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… three sets into the night, so she works on her rum and Diet-Coke and pages through the wind-swept Fake Book of her …

… Useless, the altogether appropriate title given to the journals Werner Herzog kept while making his most famous film in … most books. As in one of Herzog’s slow-moving films, life comes across as a dark, viscous current through which people … settle for pulling a model ship over a ridge in the San Diego botanical gardens. Herzog was having none of it and …

… Consumption Paul, in this case, is a widower. His wife died thirteen years ago. He kept their daughter away as much … has not taken a new job or dated a pretty secretary. To become unstuck has proved more than he can manage. He took his … of what her father might do, and a little frightened, also, of what her father might not do, that he may be too …

… like the Fourth of July. At some point, one of my American pals sidled over to me and said, “You know, I could really go … “Butter aside,” he explains, “there are no Trout Frying Commandments. Almonds, garlic, and cornmeal offer … Flagg shares a recipe for buttermilk biscuits. The ingredients are simple—2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 2 …