• At age 11, the heroine of my new novel True Believers is galvanized by the 1961 “Beatnik Riot,” chronicled in this film by an 18-year-old. [1 of 3]
 

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culture 26 Jun 2012

by Kurt Andersen, a writer who also hosts the public radio show “Studio 360.” WEBSITE  TWITTER  BOOK

 
  • And she gets obsessed with Ian Fleming’s Bond novels—which Penguin republished in 2008 with these new faux-old covers by Michael Gillette. [2 of 3]
 
  • My novel is about change, memory, time passing—ideas awesomely embodied by Langdon Clay’s West 42nd Street panoramas from 1979 and 2011. [3 of 3]
 
  • Images (in order): True Believers cover; From Russia With Love cover art by Michael Gillette; photographs by Langdon Clay.
 
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