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Issue 15 / September 2009

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Heists

Last week's heist at Graff jewellers was pretty awesome, right? Broad daylight, no (obvious) masks--just two guys and one big bag of booty. An example of pure balls, and excellent planning. Not just the stuff of Hollywood or history--how delightful...

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Epidemics

Epidemics are a tantalising subject for writers and historians, what with the hideous symptoms, the decimating death rates and subsequent social upset. Myths and legends spring up in their wake, while the plague as metaphor is often used in fiction...

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Latin American Fiction

Some of the most exciting writing of the 20th century has come out of Peru, Colombia, Chile, Argentina and Brazil, and yet Latin American literature remains somewhat underrated in the northern hemisphere. Time to discover these magnificent works in translation....

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