Topic: Lyndon Johnson

The Case Against Robert Caro; Toni Morrison's Latest Masterpiece Arrives

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Today in books: Not everyone adores Robert Caro's sprawling biography of Lyndon Johnson, Andrew Cuomo is writing a book that sounds very presidential, and a rave for Toni Morrison's new novel from Michiko Kakutani.

By Ray Gustini

May 2, 2012

Bill Clinton, Book Critic; The Fox News Mole Shops Inevitable Book

Bill Clinton reviewed the new Robert Caro book for The New York Times, the Fox News mole is shopping a book that Fox-bashers will adore, and the giant hedge fund that sponsors the Man Booker Prize is having a bad run of luck.

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By Eric Randall

Apr 12, 2012

Robert Caro Got Pretty Intimate with Lyndon B. Johnson

People are abuzz about the New York Times Magazine profile of Robert Caro, biographer of Lyndon Johnson, which somehow makes exciting the details of the exhaustive research Caro undertook to better understand his subject through the five volume, decades-long project.

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By Ray Gustini

Jul 20, 2011

Moody's, Bacon, and Puppets That Look Like Lyndon Johnson

Plus: your technologically advanced cufflinks are already behind the times

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