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“... and the posthumous honour of indie renown. The largest exception to the rule, as Robert Kolker and Nathan Abrams show in Kubrick: An Odyssey, owed his escape to a coalescence of luck and preternatural self-confidence.Kubrick is a comprehensive Life. It yields, in orderly procession, almost every fact a scholar or a fan might want; and a fair number of ...”

“... of Health and Medicine in Maryland. Einstein’s eyes, meanwhile, were given to his optician Henry Abrams, who kept them in a safe deposit box in New Jersey.People want to get to know Einstein, to see the world through his eyes. Several biographies have appeared over the years. The most scientifically detailed is Subtle Is the Lord by the physicist Abraham ...”

“... if the Iraqis ‘just washed their hands and cleaned the crap off the walls’. I heard Colonel Nathan Sassaman say: ‘With a heavy dose of fear and violence, and a lot of money for projects, I think we can convince these people that we are here to help them.’ I heard Richard Perle say: ‘Next year at about this time, I expect there will be a really ...”