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"The Touch-Up," is a spine-chilling new novel that rips the cover off Poughkeepsie's upholstery industry and exposes its "seamier" side.

You are not as clever as you think Miss Snark 2006

But Ms. Prose does little do advance this seamier angle the gun comes into play, but the scene is anticlimactic and instead mostly uses Lula as a tart observer of the malaise that the author perceived settling over the American suburbs during the drawn-out Iraq War.

What the Nanny Saw; the Trouble With Men Sam Sacks 2011

Dum Maaro Dum, a Hindi thriller, also sought to show its seamier side.

Scarlett Keeling's murder now Bollywood film 2011

It's hard to find examples of groups who are consistent in taking a detached view of their own past (human beings are not known for being consistent), but I would say that many countries look at their own pasts without flinching from the seamier side.

Margaret MacMillan - An interview with author 2010

Dum Maaro Dum, a Hindi thriller, also sought to show its seamier side.

Scarlett Keeling's murder now Bollywood film 2011

It's hard to find examples of groups who are consistent in taking a detached view of their own past (human beings are not known for being consistent), but I would say that many countries look at their own pasts without flinching from the seamier side.

Margaret MacMillan - An interview with author 2010

Richards confronts us unapologetically with all the seamier aspects of his life, to the point where the reader -- I refer here to myself -- finds himself asking: Why am I reading this?

Peter Clothier: Keef Peter Clothier 2011

Alfred Sarant's life was equally unusual, with parts rivaling some of the seamier episodes of "Days of Our Lives."

Allen M. Hornblum: Five Best Allen M. Hornblum 2011

Richards confronts us unapologetically with all the seamier aspects of his life, to the point where the reader -- I refer here to myself -- finds himself asking: Why am I reading this?

Peter Clothier: Keef Peter Clothier 2011

The glass shard of a building makes the dingy three-and five-story buildings next door seem dingier, and the seamy building boasting adult videos and scantily-clad mannequins even seamier.

A Sliver Shines Above Midtown Dana Rubinstein 2011