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Granta 40: The Womanizer

Richard Ford’s womanizer is an insistently ordinary man — until he goes abroad. Paul Theroux’s ‘imaginary’ young American novelist loses his self-control in London. William T. Vollmann, alone in the wilderness with Erica, risks losing his life for her. Plus: Nadine Gordimer, André Brink, and Richard Rayner.

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Richard Ford: The Womanizer
Paul Theroux: Lady Max
William T. Vollmann: An Afghanistan Picture Show
Alan Lightman: Einstein in Bern
André Brink: Afrikaners and the Future
David Goldblatt: Die Hel
Nadine Gordimer: Look-Alikes
Ken Light: The Mississippi Delta
Richard Rayner: Los Angeles