Stephanie Zacharek Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Parade's Gone by
Kevin Brownlow
@alexheard Hmm, yes and no. He says Kevin Brownlow’s The Parade’s Gone By was a bigger influence. This interview is interesting — I wish the movie were a better reflection of all the research he did. https://t.co/xdNf1ecKJa
Paperback, 1976
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Without Remorse
Tom Clancy
@faceyouhate Either way, you need to call it TOM CLANCY'S WITHOUT REMORSE. Those are the rules.
Paperback, Mass Market, 1994
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Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me
Pattie Boyd
Pattie Boyd actually wrote about this in her (lovely) 2007 autobiography WONDERFUL TONIGHT, expressing not-quite-regret, but a kind of wistfulness. Because life is complicated. https://t.co/CNOHTNK8qx
Paperback, 2008
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Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster
Dana Thomas
@moorehn Have you read Dana Thomas’ Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster? More than 10 years old, but details how LV was sliding downhill even then. Her chapter on the Hermès workshops is superb. THEY still do it right. But it will cost you…
Paperback, 2008
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Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire
Liz Brown
My friend @evcbrown's first book, TWILIGHT MAN, has arrived! And you can read an excerpt here: https://t.co/J7tgBeZId0
Paperback, 2021
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Tracy Flick Can't Win
Tom Perrotta
After all, this is still a world where mediocre men often have an advantage over smart, hardworking women. And if Perrotta was cognizant of that injustice in Election, he’s even more keyed into it now.
Paperback, 2023
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Matrix
Lauren Groff
I have just one word for you: NUNS. https://time.com/6093678/nun-stories-matrix-lauren-groff/
Paperback, 2022
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Bob Dylan: Writings 1968-2010
Greil Marcus
OK, good people, here’s why you subscribe to Greil Marcus’s Substack. What IS it like to talk to Bob Dylan? https://t.co/hBvMQqHsAl
Paperback, 2013
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Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
Claire Dederer
I hear people yakking all the time about toxic men. But Claire Dederer has written a smart, entertaining book that alligator-wrestles the idea that sometimes, terrible people make art we wouldn't want to live without. On MONSTERS: https://t.co/R48qKC5jyc
Hardcover, 2023
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Renoir, My Father
Jean Renoir
@austinkleon Not a grief book per se (and filled with joy), but Jean Renoir’s Renoir, My Father?
Paperback, 2001
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