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satire: Redefined 1906 / Washington, DC; Looking Forward c. 2890 / London; Tough Crowd 1846 / Copenhagen; Don’t Mention the Eighty Years War Team Goya takes on Team Vermeer in what is sure to be a World Cup final of pure artistry.; Nero’s Fiddle, Gaddafi’s Fiction Jimmy Carter was described by Harold Bloom as “literally the worst poet in the United States.” Why are politicians always trying to make art?; Ethan Frome, or Whatever Edith Wharton’s novella gets the mumblecore treatment.; Half-Formed Insects on the Nile 1711 / London; The Wit of Waugh Simon Winchester revels in Evelyn Waugh’s acerbity