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We're going to hear the interview I recorded with him in 1997, after the publication of his memoir about his years with Elvis called That's Alright Elvis.

And he's written a new autobiography called That's All Right Elvis.

His new book, Coming Up Short, a memoir of my America, argues that the choices his generation and others have made helped pave the way to today's fractured democracy and economic disparity.

He has written 18 books, including The Work Of Nations, Saving Capitalism, and The Common Good.

He has written 18 books, including The Work of Nations, Saving Capitalism, and The Common Good.

Pariah, his latest spy story, also draws from recognizable real-life figures and situations. Hal Knight, the antihero of this tale, is a comedian and movie star who parlayed his brand of bro humor into a political career.

The Dancing Face, a crime novel that originally came out in Britain in 1997 and is now available for the first time in the United States. ... Gus masterminds a scheme to steal The Dancing Face, a gold mask from Benin that's packed away in a London exhibition space.

I've been following Dan Fesperman's espionage novels since his debut in 1999 with Lie in the Dark.

I'm thinking of novels like The Maltese Falcon and Cotton Comes to Harlem.

On tomorrow's show, Robert Reich joins us to talk about his new book, Coming Up Short, A Memoir of My America.

I wrote a novel many years ago called Dewey Defeats Truman, which was all set during the summer and fall of 1948 in a little town in Michigan that had been Thomas E. Dewey's hometown.

Kurosawa's High and Low was itself adapted from Ed McBain's 1959 novel, King's Ransom.

And now again in Vara's new book, Searches, Selfhood in the Digital Age.

Wahine Vara's new book is called Searches, Selfhood in the Digital Age.

Grinbaum's new book is called Empire of the Elite, Inside Cond Nast, The Media Dynasty That Reshaped America.

Or new mystery thriller The Diary of Lies is the third volume in Philip Miller's series about a Scottish reporter whose investigations keep making her powerful enemies.

When Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein helped bring down Richard Nixon's presidency, being a reporter seemed like the coolest, most romantic job in the world; the novel captures that mythic allure while showing how modern journalists struggle to survive.

The Diary of Lies feels like a cozy British crime story that has been turned into a dark, almost dystopian thriller, with a plot that spirals from a simple tip about a conspiracy into a lethal mystery.

Miller conjures a postCovid, Brexittorn Britain where the elite bend finance, media, and security to their own ends, making the novel a sharp, hyperbolic commentary on our current historical moment.

Despite its bleak setting, The Diary of Lies isn't a bummer; the relentless reporter Shona keeps fighting, and the book's vivid moments make it a gripping, socially relevant mystery worth picking up.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, a tale of two flappers on the prowl for sugar daddies bearing diamonds, was a runaway bestseller, translated into over 13 languages, made into a stage play and a silent film, now lost.

I have only seen the film, so the novel, newly reissued as a modern library paperback, was a revelation to me.

Luce wrote Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in the form of diary entries written by Lorelai. There's not one continuous plot here, so much as there are dozens of vignettes, lots of them satirising social issues like prohibition and censorship.

Mr. Spufford spends all of his time looking at things that spoil people's morals. So Mr. Spufford really must have very, very strong morals, or else all the things that spoil other people's morals would spoil his morals.

Edith Wharton, who was another famous fan of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, declared that it was the great American novel.

One of his earlier books is a biography of Springsteen called Bruce.

The making of Born To Run is the subject of the new book Tonight in Jungleland.

My guest is Peter Ames Carlin, author of the new book Tonight in Jungle Land, The Making of Born to Run.

My guest is Peter Ames Carlin. His new book is called Tonight in Jungle Land, The Making of Born to Run.

Peter Ames Carlin is the author of the new book Tonight in Jungle Land, The Making of Born to Run.

One of his earlier books is a biography of Springsteen called Bruce.

We'll talk with Peter Ames Carlin about his new book, Tonight in Jungle Land, The Making of Born to Run.

His latest is King of Kings, The Iranian Revolution, a story of hubris, delusion, and catastrophic miscalculation.

It really is just a terrific, gripping read.

Scott Anderson is a veteran war correspondent. His new book is King of Kings, The Iranian Revolution, a story of hubris, delusion, and catastrophic miscalculation.