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Langer, who is now retired and living in Florida, tapped three major sources: he conducted exhaustive interviews with people who had known Hitler; he used "The Hitler sourcebook" (1,100 pages of biographical data compiled by three analytically trained assistants); and he carefully studied Mein Kampf. His conclusion: Hitler was...
Thus the relaxed weekend this summer that I spent in Cambridge was devoted to some systematic reworking of my desensitized state. The idea of conversation, not neurotic or guilt-ridden, but curious, honest, and friendly, appealed to me. When a follower of Krishna, siting serenely in Forbes Plaza, asked my...
This falsification poisons the prank. We do not ordinarily feel much pity for men like Hughes, but as we come to realize that Irving was planning to appropriate his victim's whole identity, to attribute to him any lie that sounded entertaining, and to rely on the assumption that...
As with Simenon's Inspector Maigret, exposure to Van der Valk is likely to prove infectious. Even when the story seems to unwind in slow motion, Van der Valk's reflective concern for the role of character in crime makes the trip worthwhile. The prizewinning Criminal Conversation (1966...
The psychopath, as Harrington defines him, is not just an exaggerated version of the neurotic, afraid to walk under a ladder. He is the new man, free from either anxiety or remorse, cold, bored, self-isolated, adventurous, seductive when he wants to be. Or as Harrington lists some types: "Drunkards...