"Next week's 'Sacred Games,' a 916-page novel described as the 'Godfather' of India and set in the seamy underworld of Mumbai, comes from a relatively unknown author. Last year, it became the subject of a bidding war that won author Vikram Chandra a $1 million advance." -- WSJ

Movie version of "A Confederacy of Dunces" in development hell.

Notwithstanding Michael Crichton, blondes aren't dying out.