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Today in books: old books have seized America's menswear departments, and why Americans don't "get" Tintin comics.
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Today in books: Booker Prize winner Ben Okri is fighting with a former editor who claims to have rewritten portions of his work, a Brussels court rules Tintin in the Congo is not racist, and the perils of buying Amanda Knox's memoir.
Today in books: old books have seized America's menswear departments, and why Americans don't "get" Tintin comics.
After a long day spent staring at Twitter, a look at the tweets that made no sense.
After a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorite tweets that made no sense.
Today in film and television: David Simon only wants four seasons of Treme, HBO moves up the premiere of Luck, and how Halloween spurred DirecTV and News Corp. to iron out a new carriage deal.
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Today in literature and publishing: Politico's online bookstore is missing some of the classics, Lauren Myracle describes her National Book Award unnomination, and a devoted Tintin fan has harsh words for Steven Spielberg.
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