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Keeping One's Head Above Water In Venice

David Ekserdjian GONDOLAS AND GRAPES by John Hall Sibilline Press, £25, pp. 320, ISBN 0954219805 I have an unusually vivid recollection of the first time I met John Hall. I went......

Shooting The Mechanical Pianist

John de Faibe AGAPE AGAPE by William Gaddis Atlantic Books,19.99, pp. 112. ISBN 1903809835 I n a secluded room at my prep school stood an old pianola. By operating the pedals......