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...Start with that first number: two. Two actors, but four characters: a man in his early 60s, Salter (Gambon), and three of his sons (all played by Daniel Craig). We are in the near future - say, the middle of this century. Thirty-some years before, Salter's wife had died and he was left to raise his four-year-old son Bernard, who had begun life as an angel ("You were the most beautiful baby everyone said"). But the father was neglectful, sometimes brutal to the boy; Bernard grew wild, sick. In anger and cunning, Salter took advantage...
...additions Luke Ruscoe; Ben Logan; Andrew Salter; Saul McDonald...
...BELTWAY BOOKS: On October 1, Random House will publish "Worth the Fighting For," a memoir by John McCain with Mark Salter. The book, a continuation of his bestselling "Faith of My Fathers," follows McCain from the Navy to his run for the presidency...
...courtyard, the captor walked up to him and with his sandal drew a cross in the dirt. "Both prisoner and guard stood wordlessly there for a minute or two, venerating the cross, until the guard rubbed it out and walked away," said McCain, using the third person because Salter was worried that McCain would choke up otherwise. The message was one of tolerance and unity between two enemies. "This is my faith," said McCain. "The faith that unites and never divides, the faith that bridges unbridgeable gaps in humanity. That is my religious faith, and it is the faith...
...McCain gave the speech, his devoted aides could hear the Hallelujah Chorus. "It may be the biggest moment of the campaign," says Salter. "It just felt right." Aides hugged on the spot. They high-fived each other. Political director John Weaver had tears in his eyes. "It's confrontational politics that have worked for us," says campaign manager Rick Davis, "and we had to put a little drama into the campaign. We need to get people excited. If they don't get excited, they don't come out. And if they don't come out, we lose...