October 23, 1995 Issue, THE NEW YORKER

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- Comment: The Dunciad
  James Traub
  , pp. 7-9
  The mock epic of the Mayor and the school board
- In the Mail, pp. 10-11
- Goings On About Town, pp. 12-34
- The Talk of the Town, pp. 35-39
  The world's most difficult dinner; Tom Courtney in "Moscow Stations"; New York's next b...
- Annals of Law: A Horrible Human Event
  Jeffrey Toobin
  , pp. 40-47
  The author, who was dealt one of the first race cards in the Simpson trial, reconsiders...
- "Directives"
  Henry Hart
  , pp. 48-49
- Passing the Buck Dept.: The Supernote
  Fredric Dannen and Ira Silverman
  , pp. 50-55
  Someone in the Middle East is printing fake hundred-dollar bills that even the Federal ...
- Annals of Race: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man
  Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
  , pp. 56-61
  The Simpson verdict and the Million Man March go on trial before a different kind of jury
- "The Sharping Stone"
  Seamus Heaney
  , pp. 62-65
- A Critic at Large: The Fall Guy
  Anthony Lane
  , pp. 66-73
  Buster Keaton was the first to find the funny side of every modern calamity
- Fiction: "Old Love Affairs"
  Alice Adams
  , pp. 74-83
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  Books: A Nobel for the North (Review)
  Helen Vendler
  , pp. 84-89
  The Redress of Poetry, by Seamus Heaney
  1. The Redress of Poetry by Seamus Heaney
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  Nightmare Hotel (Review)
  Francis Wyndham
  , pp. 90-94
  The Unconsoled, by Kazuo Ishiguro
  1. The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro
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  Recommended Reading (4 Reviews) , p. 95
  Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth, by Gitta Sereny
  1. Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth by Gitta Sereny
  2. Christina Rossetti: A Writer's Life by Jan Marsh
  3. You Don't Miss Your Water by Cornelius Eady
  4. Sensual Math by Alice Fulton
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  The Current Cinema (2 Reviews)
  Terrence Rafferty
  , pp. 96-99
  Players
  1. Get Shorty (1995 Film) by Barry Sonnenfeld
  2. Blue in the Face (1995 Film) by Paul Auster and Wayne Wang
- The Art World
  Calvin Tomkins
  , pp. 100-102
  A Brancusi retrospective
- The Theatre
  John Lahr
  , p. 103
  Stephen Sondheim's "Company"
- "Useful Transactions in Philosophy"
  Fergus Allen
  , pp. 104-105
- Shouts & Murmurs
  Christopher Buckley
  , pp. 106-108
  Apartment Hunter
- Cover: Haute Cuisine
  Francois Berthoud