FROM THE MAGAZINE

August 2022

Books

Evelyn Waugh’s sincerest form of flattery

He had a major but unsung inspiration: the now-neglected novelist William Gerhardie

By William Boyd

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Book Review

Henry Kissinger’s likely last book is on leadership

And his biographies of great lives sparkle nicely

By James Snell

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Book Review

Heat 2 is a classic of the crime genre

Narco-states, rogue oil kingdoms… this sequel novel has it all

By Zack Christenson

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Books

Mary Gaitskill and the body electric

Why do we find the dark side of sexuality so terrifying?

By Francesca Peacock

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Book Review

Berlin as the unreal city

A new book makes you ask, somewhat apprehensively, what will happen there next

By Andrew Stuttaford

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Exhibitions

Philip Guston in the padded room

After a controversial postponement, the Philip Guston retrospective has landed in Boston

By Andrew L. Shea

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Film

Sinking into the pixels

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair is an important film about the internet

By Nicky Otis Smith

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Film

Ukraine in black and white

Recalling the moral clarity of Lillian Hellman’s The North Star

By Timothy Jacobson

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Music

Arcade Fire: the last of the art-rockers?

The band’s return is not just welcome but overdue

By Alexander Larman

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Music

The underrated Kenny Dorham

On the fiftieth anniversary of his death, it’s well worth revisiting his remarkable career

By Jacob Heilbrunn

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Exhibitions

SoHo’s downtown drawings

Cultural mavens shouldn’t miss out on a knockout exhibition curated by Emily King

By Mario Naves

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