Bookish: Penumbras (7#) -

John Preston interviews Henning Mankell in Antibes, where Mankell lives part of the year. Although he says he's finished with the Wallander books, there will be more Wallander TV episodes. Read more at The Telegraph.

# The poignant story of Kiki de Montparnasse, a famous artists' model in Paris, told as a graphic novel, reviewed by Justine Picardie.

# An outstanding article about the devolution of coherent speech in contemporary American society by Clark Whelton at City Journal.

# Frederic Forsyth describes the kind of
preparatory research he does to ensure
authenticity in his thriller novels at the WSJ.

# Adam Woog reviews Murder in Passy by Cara Black.

# Caracas Venezuela has become a city dominated
by groups called colectivos, Nash Colundalur writes.

# L'Oreal and the Nazis, Helena Rubenstein, and the ugly side of the beauty business. A rather long piece by Malcom Gladwell at The New Yorker.

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