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New Nonfiction that Reads like Fiction

Three new books on power and excess read like novels, full of larger than life characters, regular plot twists, conspiracies and connivances, reversals and revelations.

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KCRW placeholderBy Tom Lutz • May 16, 2013 • 4m Listen

The Man Who Seduced Hollywood

: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplomat, and a Murder in Paris

: Revolution, Murder, and Intrigue in the Heart of Central Asia

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    Tom Lutz

    Los Angeles Review of Books

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