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As We Spiral Toward The Midterms, Peter Biskind’s New Book Asks: Did Hollywood Help Put Us Here?

A synagogue massacre. Mail bombs that don't quite blow. Massed migrants closing on the border. The Senate convulsed by high school sex claims against a Supreme Court nominee. As we spiral toward the midterm election from hell, a week from Tuesday, this begins to feel less like partisan politics than a descent into…

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Oct 28, 2018 1:08 pm
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Michael Ovitz Has A Memoir, But Will We Ever Again See A Great Hollywood Book?

Heading to a book party for screenwriter-novelist Tom Epperson's latest, a South American journalistic thriller called Roberto To The Dark Tower Came, I got to wondering: Will there ever be another great Hollywood book? You know, the kind that makes you catch your breath, slap the beach chair, and gasp, "Did they…