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Ron Chernow’s exceptional biography devours the life’s work of Mark Twain, the perfect American writer who lived an imperfect ...

In Mark Twain, a doorstopper of a biography, Ron Chernow examines Twain’s family history, boyhood and career and much more.

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Good Night, and Good Luck, which opened in April, is nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Actor. Adapted from ...