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EVENTS
Harper Lee
's novel, ''
To Kill A Mockingbird
'', is removed from an advanced placement English reading list in
Lindale, Texas
because it "conflicted with the values of the community."
In the
United Kingdom
, the first
Orange Prize For Fiction
for female
Novelist
s is awarded.
First performance of
Eve Ensler
's ''
The Vagina Monologues
''.
Peter O'Donnell
publishes ''
Cobra Trap
'', his final volume of adventures featuring
Modesty Blaise
; the first book in the series was published in
1965
.
Margaret Mitchell
's long-lost first novella, ''
Lost Laysen
'', is published 80 years after it was written.
NEW BOOKS
''
Absolute Power
'' -
David Baldacci
''
Alias Grace
'' -
Margaret Atwood
''
Anastasia
'' -
Vladimir Megre
''
Bandarshah
'' -
Al-Tayyib Salih
''
By The Shores Of Gitchee Gumee
'' -
Tama Janowitz
''
COLD
'' -
John Gardner
''
Excession
'' -
Iain M. Banks
''
Executive Orders
'' -
Tom Clancy
''
Feet Of Clay
'' -
Terry Pratchett
''
Fight Club
'' -
Chuck Palahniuk
''
Fighting For Canada
'' (Maîtres Chanteurs Chez Nous!) -
Diane Francis
''
A Fine Balance
'' -
Rohinton Mistry
''
The Fourth Estate
'' -
Jeffrey Archer
''
Gods And Generals
'' -
Jeff Shaara
''
The Goldberg Variations
'' -
Nancy Huston
''
The Gun Seller
'' -
Hugh Laurie
''
Hackers
'' - short story collection
''
Hogfather
'' -
Terry Pratchett
''
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
'' -
Terry McMillan
''
Intensity
'' -
Dean R. Koontz
''
Kiki's Memoirs
'' -
Kiki
, (translation by Samuel Putnam)
''
Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil
'' -
John Berendt
''
Moonlight Becomes You
'' -
Mary Higgins Clark
''
Neanderthal
'' -
John Darnton
''
Polaroids From The Dead
'' -
Douglas Coupland
''
Primary Colors
'' -
Joe Klein
as "
Anonymous
"
''
The Runaway Jury
'' -
John Grisham
''
Selected Stories
'' -
Mavis Gallant
''
Sofia; The Sultan's Daughter
'' -
Ann Chamberlin
''
The Tailor Of Panama
'' -
John Le Carré
''
The Tenth Insight
'' -
James Redfield
''
The Truth Machine
'' -
James L. Halperin
''
Undaunted Courage
'' -
Stephen Ambrose
''
A Vicious Circle
'' -
Amanda Craig
''
The Wicca Garden
'' -
Gerina Dunwich
''
The Wicca Source Book
'' -
Gerina Dunwich
''
Wonder Bread And Ecstasy
'' -
Charles Isherwood
''
We Were The Mulvaneys
'' -
Joyce Carol Oates
BIRTHS
DEATHS
January 28
-
Jerry Siegel
,
Cartoonist
, creator of ''
Superman
''
February 11
-
Bob Shaw
,
Science Fiction
writer.
December 11
Willie Rushton
, UK
Comedian
and
Cartoonist
AWARDS
, ''Last Orders''
: - ''Alias Grace''
See
1996 Governor General's Awards
for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
, ''Remembering Babylon''
, ''Slow River''
, ''The Midwife's Apprentice''
, ''Le Chasseur Zéro''
, ''Loués soient nos seigneurs: une éducation politique''
and ''L'Organisation'' -
Jean Rolin
,
Germany
and ''Sonietchka'' -
Ludmila Oulitskaïa
,
Russia
, ''A Spell of Winter''
, ''Rent''
- ''Independence Day''
: ''The Dream of the Unified Field''
, ''The Spirit Level''