Theroux Vulgar Over Vidia ; Knopf, House of Minot?

Would you pay $150 for what might very well be an original Paul Theroux handwriting scrawl of the phrase “Fuck you”?

The fact that a Massachusetts rare book dealer just sold the above curiosity-bundled with a Theroux first edition and a piece of correspondence between the bookseller and Mr. Theroux’s publisher, Houghton Mifflin-is the latest Read More

… Peter Bogdonavich’s Movie of the Week

Peter Bogdanovich’s Movie of the Week by Peter Bogdanovich

Last week, writing about Jean Renoir (1894-1979)-generally now considered the finest picture maker the West has produced-I specifically mentioned a number of superb films from his first mature period (1931-1939) and, as from a stroke of Aladdin’s lamp, two of these are on this week, Read More