Washington journalist Elizabeth Drew is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books and is the author of fourteen books: her first, Washington Journal, the Events of 1973-74, grew out of her coverage ofWatergate and impeachment for The New Yorker; her most recent, Richard M. Nixon, was published last year as part of The American Presidents Series.

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Frost/Nixon: A Dishonorable Distortion of History

222 Comments | Posted December 14, 2008 | 10:56 PM (EST)


It's not surprising that the movie Frost/Nixon is receiving rave reviews. Like the eponymous smash play it's based on, it tells a dramatic story of a clash of two interesting figures (one of them absolutely riveting), with two richly talented actors, Frank Langella as Richard Nixon and Michael Sheen...

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