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Roger Clemens's Rise and Fallnew

A career once on a par with those of Christy Mathewson, Warren Spahn, and Sandy Koufax now rests with Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe.
Boston Phoenix |
George Kimball |
04-02-2009 |
Nonfiction
Kerouac and Burroughs's Lost Noir is Published At Lastnew

The publication of And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks, the last known unpublished manuscript by any of the Founding Fathers of the Beat Generation, had to wait for the death of Lucien Carr.
Boston Phoenix |
George Kimball |
10-23-2008 |
Fiction
Bookman: Larry McMurtry's Life in the Tradenew
The Lonesome Dove and Brokeback Mountain author's latest autobiographical effort focuses on his years as an antiquarian book-seller.
Boston Phoenix |
George Kimball |
07-10-2008 |
Nonfiction
'The Greatest Game' is Filled with Buckner-esque Errorsnew
It's the 30th anniversary of the '78 season and the Yankees are in the cellar again, so comparisons are inevitable. But Richard Bradley's recent book on the '78 Sox season finale, lacks ... well almost everything.
Boston Phoenix |
George Kimball |
05-29-2008 |
Nonfiction