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SHOPPER'S DELIGHT

EVENTS

The book '' Nineteen Eighty-Four '' by George Orwell is read by many people, as that year has come.

'' Of Mice And Men '', the novel by John Steinbeck , was removed from Tennessee public schools when the School Board Chair promised to remove all "filthy books" from public school curricula and libraries.

NEW BOOKS

'' L'Amant '' - Marguerite Duras

'' The Aquitaine Progression '' - Robert Ludlum

'' The Big U '' - Neal Stephenson (debut novel)

'' Brother In The Land '' - Robert Swindells

'' The Butter Battle Book '' - Dr. Seuss

'' Empire Of The Sun '' - James Ballard

'' First Among Equals '' - Jeffrey Archer

'' The Fourth Protocol '' - Frederick Forsyth

'' Full Circle '' - Danielle Steel

'' The Illuminatus! Trilogy '' (collected edition) - Bob Shea and Robert Anton Wilson

'''' - Gore Vidal

'' Love And War '' - John Jakes

'' Hotel Du Lac '' - Anita Brookner

'' The Lover '' - Marguerite Duras

'' Money '' - Martin Amis

'' Neuromancer '' - William Gibson

'' The Outsider '' - Howard Fast

'' The Practice Effect '' - David Brin

'' Random Hearts '' - Warren Adler

'' Role Of Honour '' - John Gardner

'' A Shock To The System '' - Simon Brett

'' The Sicilian '' - Mario Puzo

'''' - Thomas Pynchon

'' Stanley And The Women '' - Kingsley Amis

'' The Talisman '' - Stephen King , Peter Straub

'' Thinner '' - Richard Bachman ( Nom De Plume for Stephen King )

'' The Tie That Binds '' - Kent Haruf

'' Valediction '' - Robert B. Parker

'' The Wasp Factory '' - Iain Banks

'' White Noise '' - Don DeLillo

'' The Witches Of Eastwick '' - John Updike

NEW DRAMA

Howard Barker - ''Scenes from an Execution''

David Mamet - '' Glengarry Glen Ross ''

NON-FICTION

Morrill Cody & Hugh Ford - '' The Women Of Montparnasse, The Americans In Paris ''

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Steven Levy - '' Hackers Heroes Of The Computer Revolution ''

BIRTHS

DEATHS

February 22 - Jessamyn West , writer

AWARDS

, ''Hotel du Lac''

See 1984 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

, ''Neuromancer''

, ''Dear Mr. Henshaw''

, ''L'Amant''

, ''Le Diable en tête''

, ''Aracoeli''

, ''Glengarry Glen Ross''

- ''Ironweed''

: ''American Primitive''

, ''A Parish of Rich Women''