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On Robert Caro, power, and pace layers

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Apr 19, 2019
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Noah here. Robert Caro’s new book Working came out last week. It’s svelte by Caro’s standards, clocking in at just 204 pages, and documents his work and approach to writing some of the most acclaimed biographies of the last 50 years. While I haven’t read it yet (it’s next on the list), I’ve enjoyed the press run leading up to the release, including an a…

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