Tuesday, April 24, 2012

By the way, you are supposed to be impressed

"In Notes on a Century, he trades gossip with Golda Meir; cracks wise about the Marx Brothers with the shah of Iran; stays up late chatting with King Hussein of Jordan; spends time in a tent with Qaddafi; speaks on "friendly, personal terms" with Pope John Paul II; counsels secretaries of state, and on and on. "  Would the memoirs also include tales of his friendship with Evrin?