Sunday, June 29, 2008
"Rome 1960"
In Sunday's Post, I review David Maraniss' assessment of the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. Probably only someone who managed to do autobiographies of Bill Clinton, Roberto Clemente and Vince Lombardi could weave so adroitly the personal dramas of the athletes, the politics of the Cold War playing in the background -- as well as the internal (infernal?) Olympic bureacracies.
I recommend it.
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I recommend it.
Labels: book review, David Maraniss
Monday, December 03, 2007
Poppy's Greatest Hits
My review of Timothy Naftali's biography of President George H.W. Bush (part of the American Presidents series) ran in Sunday's NY Post. It can be read here. As occasionally happens, the headline to the piece bears little resemblance to the content of the actual review.
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Labels: book review, George H.W. Bush
