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...insists that except for several fictional characters and situations, "the rest is starkest history as it was lived." Both statements cannot be true, but it hardly matters. The Abandoned Woman is nei ther a profound distortion of the record nor a historical expose, but rather an act of literary sword swallowing. It is a tale with plenty of sharp edge and no vis ible point. ∙Paul Gray
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...interviewing. Nixon got $600,000 plus a lot more, when all the rights are in. More important he got a chance to try to exonerate himself, or at least present himself as a tragic figure, a modern-day Caligula. "I brought myself down. I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and twisted it with relish." So even if he is guilty--and Nixon never admitted that for an instant--at least, he claims, he's a hero. But Nixon's analogy is faulty: Caligula was trapped by life and a personal moral vision. That's something Richard...
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