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The genesis of this quite off-putting book was detailed in a New York Times article by Sebastien Modak a few days before its release in 2021:In March 2017, Anthony Bourdain had an idea for a [new]…Books Richard Halliburton's Second Book of Marvel: The Orient - A Tale from the Jungle
America's favorite explorer during the Roaring Twenties, the wide-eyed and closeted gay man who wanted to follow the path of Ulysses at a tender age, Richard Halliburton was the ultimate 'Innocent…Books The Royal Road to Romance
Like for contemporary Harry Hervey of King Cobra fame, Richard Halliburton had met instant success with his first published book, The Royal Road to Romance (1925). Like their elder Robert 'Bob'…Books Four Faces of Siva - The Detective Story of a Vanished Race
Not a novel nor a purely journalistic work: the engaging take on Angkor and modern Cambodia around 1930 by a Chicago-based reporter and popular writer.Books Cambodian Quest
The novel opens with a tracking shot on Nance Abbott (or Anne C. Abbott), a young, All-American young woman "dealing with the drudgery of news illustration and advertisement copy", glancing over the…