Matt Franck Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Retired Politics Lecturer @Princeton. Senior Fellow @WitherspoonInst. Contributing editor @PublicDiscourse. Professor Emeritus of Political Science @RadfordU.
Treasure Island
R. L. StevensonMatt FranckFrom Wyeth’s illustrations for Stevenson’s Treasure Island— https://t.co/NTtysZp2CR
Paperback, 2014
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Casino Royale: A James Bond Novel
Ian FlemingMatt FranckThis movie has the same relationship to Agatha Christie that the David Niven–Peter Sellers “Casino Royale” had to Ian Fleming, except that CR had the advantage of being clever. Too bad, because Tony Randall could have played Poirot straight. #TCMParty
Paperback, 2023
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Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
Edith HamiltonMatt FranckI was probably 8 or 9 when I read Edith Hamilton's little paperback Mythology. https://t.co/fCkYxQw6QQ
Paperback, Mass Market, 2011
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A Distant Trumpet
Hugh EichelbergerMatt FranckSince a friend recommended the novel, I thought “A Distant Trumpet” might be worth watching. But the frame-shuddering lousy copy @tcm is showing is unwatchable. It’s giving me a headache. #TCMParty
Paperback, 2006
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Right Ho, Jeeves
P. G. WodehouseMatt FranckPG Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster describes the effect on him of Jeeves's hangover cure. From Right Ho, Jeeves, 1934. https://t.co/wgqqdIwlzH
Paperback, 2011
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Lost Horizon
James HiltonMatt Franck@JohnQBarrett He gave us in Lost Horizon a name for an imaginary paradise that entered the language to stay: Shangri-La. More people have used that expression than have ever heard of James Hilton.
Paperback, 2012
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The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students
Allan BloomMatt Franck.@micahmattix, in this review @NRO, you say Allan Bloom’s Closing of the American Mind argued “the liberal arts teach us primarily how to reason well and so to smash the shackles of ignorance fastened on us by our parents or upbringing.” https://t.co/FxoBuCnYCU
Paperback, 2012
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Black Narcissus
Rumer GoddenMatt FranckIf you enjoy Powell and Pressburger’s Black Narcissus (and who does not?), I strongly recommend Rumer Godden’s novel on which it’s based. The film is very faithful to it. #TCMParty
Paperback, 2020
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Sunset Boulevard
Billy WilderMatt FranckI did not think it possible that anything about Donald Trump could surprise me, but I’m amazed he’s even heard of Sunset Boulevard. (Mind you, I would not put it in my top five Billy Wilder films.) https://t.co/BqA7n1c1ln
Paperback, 1999
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Republic
PlatoMatt FranckTell me you’ve never read Plato’s Republic without. . . yeah, you know the rest. https://t.co/ugBaMsDGDR
Paperback, 2012
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