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Contents: A Weird Calm At The Edge Of The Abyss (Luis Alberto Urrea stands over the Rio Grande, straddling heaven and hell. On one side sits El Paso, a classic American boomtown that’s still flourishing. But a piedra‘s throw away is Juarez, where 326 people were murdered – in August); Burn After Reading (Think long fillers are filibusters or stud extras in porn movies? Aaron Sigmond’s cigar guide has you covered); The Hilliker Curse (James Ellroy delivers his final installment of love, loss and literature. Can our hero shake the jinx and find the right girl?); Playing For Keeps (Scott Alexander follows video game Brutal Legend‘s design team into battle); The Woman Who Could Think Herself Off! (We dispatch John H. Richardson to witness a bona fide mind fuck) Interview – Benicio Del Toro (The star talks with Stephen Rebello about Hollywood – old (films) and new (sex with Scarlett Johansson in an elevator) 20Q – Tracy Morgan (Eric Spitznagel gets jewels like “I’m into bike riding and breaking women’s water”) Verse – The Bone Church (Grab a bar stool next to Stephen King and listen to his chilling new tale) Columns – French Dish (Toni Bentley finds herself a female lover in Gay Paree); Making Your Pathology Pay (How Dr. Drew Pinsky made his problem work for him) Pictorials – A Farewell To Farrah (A celebration of Farrah Fawcett‘s feathered hair, big smile and iconic images); The Devil In Marge Simpson (Springfield’s hottest housewife serves up cheesecake photographs); Playmate: Kelley Thompson (We found our little rose of Texas); Alina Puscau (Brett Rather, his Victoria’s Secret model girlfriend and a plastic body double pay homage to Helmet Newton) Fashion – The Comfort Of Strangers (A Hollywood tryst! Actor Gilles Marini’s affair with clothes! Catch the action! Fashion by Jennifer Ryan Jones, photography by Tony Kelly) News And Notes – World Of Playboy (Hef and his girls watch Holly Madison perform in Peepshow, but when called onstage, Hefner steals the show; the Shannon twins autograph their centerfold in Las Vegas; Playmates crack jokes for HBO (don’t you love a girl with a sense of humor?); Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt peddle Playboy); Aces And Angels (Who knew Kim Kardashian, Shannon Elizabeth and Billy Burke were players? The Playboy Mansion hosts two big poker tournaments); Playmate News (Christi Shake looks for the soap star of her dreams on My Antonio; Jayde Nicole wants us to eat our vegetables; Sara Jean Underwood geeks out on G4) Departments – Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Reviews; Mantrack; Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes. Grapevine The Playboy Forum – Untrue Confessions (Would you willingly confess to a crime you didn’t commit? You might. Joshua Tepfer investigates interrogators’ dodgy head games); No Photos Allowed (Cops hate cameras. So, Tim Mohr asks, who watches the watchmen?)
Issue: November 2009
Condition: Very Good