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Tom Carson
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Tom Carson is the author of
Gilligan's Wake
and
Daisy Buchanan's Daughter
.
FICTION
The Main Task: Herman Wouk’s Century
Essay by Tom Carson
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Tom Carson on how the 100-year-old author of "The Winds of War" made a permanent mark on American memory.
FILM
Picture
By LILLIAN ROSS
Reviewed by Tom Carson
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In her account of John Huston's attempt to turn Stephen Crane's Civil War classic into a monument of cinema, Lillian Ross found villains at the studio -- but did she miss the big, um, picture?
Reviews & Essays
The Wild Bunch: Sam Peckinpah, A Revolution in Hollywood, And The Making of A Legendary Film
By W.K. STRATTON
Reviewed by Tom Carson
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A new book revisits the making of Sam Peckinpah's blood-soaked masterpiece.
BEYOND CATEGORY
The Real Lolita
By SARAH WEINMAN
Reviewed by Tom Carson
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In her new book, Sarah Weinman unearths the forgotten kidnapping case behind Vladimir Nabokov's literary sensation.
HISTORY
A Spy Called Orphan: The Enigma of Donald Maclean
By ROLAND PHILIPPS
Reviewed by Tom Carson
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The "Cambridge Five" turned the British intelligence services inside out during the Cold War. The career of one of them plays as a tragedy.
LIVES
Wallis in Love
By ANDREW MORTON
Reviewed by Tom Carson
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Andrew Morton's new life of the "woman who redefined monarchy" wrestles with the myths and rumors that surrounded her.
HISTORY
1917: Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder
By ARTHUR HERMAN
Reviewed by Tom Carson
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Arthur Herman finds the seeds of our anxious global order in the struggle between an American president and a Russian revolutionary.
LIVES
Lou Reed: A Life
By ANTHONY DeCURTIS
Reviewed by Tom Carson
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A new biography of the musician and cultural icon attempts to give us the man beyond the myth of "Heroin" and "Walk on the Wild Side." Review by Tom Carson.
POLITICS
The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America’s Highest Office
By JEREMI SURI
Reviewed by Tom Carson
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Did the Oval Office become so power-hungry that it has become an institution impossible to manage? A political historian makes the case.
HISTORY
The Dunkirk Spirit
By Tom Carson
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In the wake of Christopher Nolan's film version of the iconic rescue of British forces comes Michael Korda's account. Review by Tom Carson
HISTORY
City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris
By HOLLY TUCKER
Reviewed by Tom Carson
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In the "Affair of the Poisons," a decade-long scandal of sex, murder and wild conspiracy ran through Louis XIV's like a fever. Review by Tom Carson.
cultural history
High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic
By GLENN FRANKEL
Reviewed by Tom Carson
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One of the most iconic American films may be most significant, writes Glenn Frankel, for the story of the politics behind its creation. Review by Tom Carson.
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