Monday, March 06, 2006

You’ve Seen the Movie … Now Read the Book



If you liked Brokeback Mountain

try Annie Prouix’s collection of short stories, Close Range: Wyoming Stories.


If you enjoyed Cinderella Man

try Cinderella Man: James J. Braddock, Max Baer, and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History by Jeremy Schaap.


If you liked Capote

read In Cold Blood, the book Capote wrote about accused killers Richard Hickock and Perry Smith, or Truman Capote by George Plimpton.


If you liked Good Night, and Good Luck

try Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism by Bob Edwards or a new book due out soon, Shooting Star: the Brief Arc of Joseph McCarthy by Tom Wicker.

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