1.   The perfect hit, the literary equivalent to a high-Octane power lunch.

2.   And both stories fail because in their last pages Chabon decides to tuck in his shirt and dress this material in the literary equivalent of a blazer and tie.

3.   AUTHORS CHECKING THEMSELVES OUT The new literary equivalent of dancers checking out their moves in studio mirrors is authors checking themselves out on Amazon.com.

4.   Crane was dumbfounded to realize he had won the literary equivalent of the lottery for his first book.

5.   Does he fear the phenomenon has a literary equivalent?

6.   For longevity, Rebecca West was the approximate literary equivalent to Lillian Gish in the performing arts.

7.   Sometimes, you just want to sink into the literary equivalent of an overstuffed armchair.

8.   Some complain that these horror tales are the literary equivalent of junk food at best, nightmare-makers at worst.

9.   Still, I fear that to the younger generation we must represent the literary equivalent of tufted furniture and gas chandeliers.

10.   The unrequited desire for stories about the young wizard is so keen that the books have become the literary equivalent of Furby stuffed animals.