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The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

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Ted Gioia
Jan 01, 2000
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A shrewd observer of the movie business recently confided to me that the new formula for the femme fatale in film is, put simply, ladies who kick butt. According to this way of thinking, sexy alone isn't enough anymore; audiences wants sexy with abs of steel and martial arts training. If Audrey Hepburn were starting out nowadays, she would need to carry…

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