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Color us disappointed. The coverline is "Literary 'It' Couple Gets Hazed," but the only hazing of Nicole Kraus and Jonathan Safran Foer described in the piece are a few (rather tame) jokes from us.

Put together, the power couple is easy to resent. She's 30, he's 28. Their debuts were nestled side-by-side on year-end best-of lists in 2002; this year they could well be again. Then there is the multi-million-dollar brownstone on three lots that they just bought near Prospect Park (its ornate bathroom is featured on the snark blog Gawker). And there are the striking similarities between their two second novels, which few reviewers have failed to note. Mediabistro declared them "obviously collaborative." ("Is it a cute postmodern joke?" the piece went on. "God knows Foer is fond of those.")

And here we were, expecting pics of JSF's elephant walk with Franzen and Lethem. Sigh. JO

Bio Hazards [NY Mag]