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Gravel Heart by Abdulrazak Gurnah review hard truth is hidden at home

The Booker-shortlisted novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah gives us a story with a secret at its core and yet, there is nothing manipulative about the withholding of the truth, and no sense that the author is relying on abreadcrumb trail of clues to keep us reading. Instead, and more satisfyingly, he is writing about the cost

How Did Kelly Thiebaud Feel About Britt's Death

General Hospital has said goodbye to Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud). On the Jan. 4, 2023, episode, fans watched as Britt took her final breath in her mother, Liesl Obrecht (Kathleen Gati). Britts death was shocking, but how did Thiebaud feel about her characters exit?

How Unplugging from the Matrix Became the New Matrix

The year The Matrix came out 1999 already had a very sci-fi sound to it. It was the year Prince had imagined as the run-up to the apocalypse, a premonition that would be echoed in the Y2K jitters. And 1999 is just such a cool number; its like the flip side of the

Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost

The seventh "Jesse Stone" movie opens in such dark, dour and deliberate fashion as to bring CBS about as close as it'll ever get to Ingmar Bergman territory. The seventh Jesse Stone movie opens in such dark, dour and deliberate fashion as to bring CBS about as close as itll ever get to Ingmar Bergman

Press 1 for more anger: Americans are fed up with customer service

A recent survey shows Americans are more unhappy with the customer service they're getting than ever. The poor guy above has been on hold for 24 months (we assume it's a stock photo). Who are they? The thousands of Americans voicing their discontent with customer service. You can find them on basically any Yelp