July 16, 1987 Issue, THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS

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  Trachtenberg the Brain King (Review)
  Alfred Kazin
  , p. 3
  More Die of Heartbreak, by Saul Bellow
  1. More Die of Heartbreak by Saul Bellow
- Wind and Flags
  Eugenio Montale
  , p. 4
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  Surviving the Hurricane (Review)
  Judith Shapiro
  , pp. 5-7
  Life and Death in Shanghai, by Nien Cheng
  1. Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng
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  Living Legends (Review)
  Diane Johnson
  , pp. 8-9
  A Sport of Nature, by Nadine Gordimer
  1. A Sport of Nature by Nadine Gordimer
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  The Best Man (Review)
  Alan Brinkley
  , pp. 10-13
  Nixon: The Education of a Politician, 1913-1962, by Stephen E. Ambrose
  1. Nixon: The Education of a Politician, 1913-1962 by Stephen E. Ambrose
- Knowing S.J. Perelman
  Prudence Crowther
  , pp. 14-19
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  Chance Missed (Review)
  Nicholas Lemann
  , pp. 20-21
  Best Intentions, by Robert Sam Anson
  1. Best Intentions by Robert Sam Anson
- Washington in Miami
  Joan Didion
  , pp. 22-31
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  Getting Along with Hitler (3 Reviews)
  Gordon A. Craig
  , pp. 32-34
  Inside Nazi Germany, by Detlev J.K. Peukert
  1. Inside Nazi Germany by Detlev J.K. Peukert
  2. In Hitler's Germany by Bernt Engelmann
  3. Mothers in the Fatherland by Claudia Koonz
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  Mad About the Guy (Review)
  Roger Shattuck
  , pp. 35-36
  The Perpetual Orgy, by Mario Vargas Llosa
  1. The Perpetual Orgy by Mario Vargas Llosa
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  Venetian Secrets (3 Reviews)
  Felix Gilbert
  , pp. 37-39
  The Venetian Patriciate, by Donald E. Queller
  1. The Venetian Patriciate by Donald E. Queller
  2. Venetian Humanism in an Age of Patrician Dominance by Margaret L. King
  3. Piety and Patronage in Renaissance Venice by Rona Goffen
- American Hubris
  Theodore Draper
  , pp. 40-47
  From Truman to the Persian Gulf
- The Avant-Garde and the Academy
  Albert Boime, Charles Rosen, and Henri Zerner
  , p. 48
  An Exchange
- 'The Bad New Tax Law'
  Boris I. Bittker, Joseph A. Pechman, and Henning Gutmann, ...
  , pp. 49-50
  An Exchange
- Letters
  Erwin A. Glikes, Martha Nussbaum, and Claire Douglas, ...
  , pp. 51-56
- Cover Illustration
  David Levine