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Philip Roth

Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter: A Lost American Classic

By Peter Foy

September 22, 2016

When literary laureates list their picks for great American novels, rarely are crime novels brought up in the same breath. Sure, there were plenty of bestsellers in the genre that led to more acclaimed film adaptations (Mario Puzo’s The Godfather being perhaps the most obvious), and certain authors like Jim Thompson were even lauded for…

Citizen Soprano: Why the HBO Series Can Never Be Replicated

By Peter Foy

August 15, 2016

It’s been nearly a decade since The Sopranos concluded. On June 10, 2007, HBO aired “Made in America,” the final episode of David Chase’s gangster opus, and it was met with both rage and befuddlement from millions of viewers—but the show’s last scene has certainly expanded in clarity in the 9 years since. It’s more…

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