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Show lNMTHH8MlKSUi 8P0TLI(JHTi Interviews & Features new entry in Tom Clancys catalog A BY JAMES NEAL WEBB iking hack on it, Tom Clancy's success seems as improbable as the late of g the protagonists in his many I novels. The Hear and the Dragon (G.P. Putnam's Sons. $28.95. ISBN 0399I4565X; Audio. $25.95. ISBN 05754 5825) to be released later this month, is the (h novel from this prolific author. He has also created a successful fiction series and written several nonfiction works on military topics. Not bad for a lomier insurance sales- President Ronald Reagan read it and pronounced it the perfect yam." the book shot up the New York Tunes bestseller list. Sales climbed when the Navy and other intelligence sources expressed consternation at Clancy's technical accuracy. Despite the rumors, he isn't a retired spy lie's simply a diligent researcher. He's been debriefed by Pentagon officials and is required reading in military colleges. Success has brought personal gain as well as personal cost; he has a fine house overlooking Chesapeake Bay. but he's been swindled in a stock scam. He's been criticized for his technology-as-hcr- ) man. 'Hiomas L Clancy. Jr. was bom in Baltimore. Maryland, in 1947. He graduated from laiyola College with a major in i.nghsh before settling into life as an insurance broker. I.ike mi many English majors, he dreamed of writing a novel. In Clancy's case, his hobby of warfare became the inspiration for that novel; the technology of warfare, in particular, interested him. An avid gun collector, he eventually moved on to the weaponry. study of more high-tecIn the early 980s, Clancy read about the captain of a Soviet frigate attempting to defect to Sweden, and the seed of a novel was planted. The Hunt for Red October was eventually published by an obscure military press. It was tlic first work of fiction for both, and only about I4.(XX) copies were printed. After h o approach, but Clancy himself decries the "lechno-thrillelabel attached to his fiction. He's seen three of his novels become hit movies, and his creation has become a TV r" mini-serie- s. The entertainment press is abuzz with of Ben Affleck taking over for Harrison Ford as the third actor to play Jack Ryan. All of this sets the stage for the forthcoming release of The Bear and the Dragon, wherein converging forces of Russia and China present President Jack Ryan with a crisis of devastating proportions. Can tliere be any doubt who will rule the bestseller lists in the fall? talk Jim Webb writes from Nashville. ALICE HOFFMAN 2 A new entry in Tom Clancy's catalog P.S. Wall: You can't judge a book Whodunit?: The premiere of our new mystery column female detective Marcia Muller The return of the hard-boile- d Potter fodder An open letter to J.K. Rowling Spotlight: 4 4 5 7 8 9 Judge Judy: Meet the author Alice Hoffman: Taking her practical magic to the river Back to school: Conquering the three R's Molly Giles: Tackling new terrain Mike Wright: Rounding up the Wild West Reel reading: From page to film Special occasions: Children's party plans 13 14 17 20 26 Fiction 4 A Line in the Sand by Gerald Seymour Nearer Than the Sky by T. Greenwood Ben, in the World by Doris Less ing Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher 6 7 8 9 The Very Persistent Cappers of Frip by George Saunders Not A Day Goes By by L. Lynn Hams The Dark House by John Sedgwick The Lost Legends of New Jersey by Frederuk Reiken In the Name of Salomi by Julia Alvarez Breakthroughs by Harry Turtledove Darmonomania by John Crowley A Blind Man Can See How Much 1 Love You by Amy Bloom Move to Strike by Perri O'Shaughnessy Beautiful WASPs Having Sex by Dori Carter Nora, Nora by Anne Rum Siddons The Lucky Gourd Shop by Joanna Catherine Scott 10 10 16 16 18 18 19 19 19 20 27 Nonfiction Cathedrals of Kudzu by Hal Crowther. Looking for Mary by Beterly Donofno Just Here Trying to Save a Few Lives by Pamela Grim, M.D American Rhapsody by Joe Lszterhas The Girl in the Picture by Denise Chong Driving Mr. Albert by Michael Paterniti Can't You Hear Me Callin' by Richard D. Smith Madame President by Eleanor Clift and Tom Brazaitis Family Travel Guides Flophouse by David Isay and Stacy Abramson Strange Victory by Ernest R. May Not War But Murder by Ernest B. Furgurson Leap of Faith by Gordon Cooier with Bruce Henderson 6 7 8 10 11 12 12 12 17 18 20 23 24 Departments Burning Questions New and Good: A journalist's edgy enthusidms Ye Olde Curiousity Shoppe: The eye of the beholder Audio: Summer listening for beach and beyond Gift Gallery: Defining what makes a good gift Between the Wines: Dining as the Romans do Business 4t Finance: Entrepreneurial exertions Love, Exciting and New: Travel the road of imagination Cooking: Summing up summertime Children's Books 3 6 14 15 16 22 24-2- 26 27 28-3- 1 Pubkshad by novel as compelling as it is daring, an A exploration of forgiveness and hope, a wondrous tale innocence and evil, and of the secrets we keep. of BookPage' located at 2143 Belcoufl Avsnut Nashville. Tennessee 37212 (615) 292 8926 luslname 0 bookpaga com BookPage.com Hoffman mixes myth, magic and reality, enchanting her readers." 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