Further proof that great novels don't have to be titanic, towering tomes.A Box of Matches is an almost plotless book about a middle-aged man who gets up every morning before dawn, stares into the fire, and thinks about things: his life, his marriage, his daughter, his pet duck, his small mistakes, his small successes. Each page glows with humor and deft observation, but one senses a wasteland of pain and loss outside that tiny circle of warmth.
Epic times call for epic art, and nothing moved us more than The Return of the King. Other things we loved: Louis Vuitton, William Boyd and BBC's The Office And to the Atlanta group OutKast, we say "Stank you very much!"