Mohammed bin Salman was the sixth son of the 25th son of a king — in short, a man seemingly destined for obscurity. It didn’t work out that way.
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Supporter of Gabriel Matzneff Says He Was Unaware of Pedophilia
Christophe Girard, a deputy mayor of Paris, disavowed years of association with the writer and said he learned only recently of the author’s abuses.
London Book Fair Canceled Over Coronavirus Fears
The annual publishing event was scheduled to begin next week, with more than 25,000 expected to attend.
52 Books for 52 Places
Can’t make it to all the destinations we recommend? Read about them.
For Hilary Mantel, There’s No Time Like the Past
“Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies,” the first books in her Thomas Cromwell trilogy, have sold millions. Now the two-time Booker Prize winner is finishing the job with “The Mirror and the Light.”
Amazon Confronts Criticism Over ‘Hunters’ and Sale of Nazi Propaganda
The Auschwitz Memorial said the show’s human chess scene at a concentration camp was a dangerous caricature, and called for the removal of an anti-Semitic children’s book.
Bolton Hints at Further Revelations if He Overcomes White House ‘Censorship’
In his first public appearance since the impeachment trial, the president’s former national security adviser said he was fighting efforts to suppress his unpublished book.
Gabriel Matzneff, Who Wrote for Years About Pedophilia, Is Charged
The author, who has been in hiding in the Italian Riviera, was accused of defending and justifying child sexual abuse through his many books and public appearances.
A Pedophile Writer Is on Trial. So Are the French Elites.
For decades, Gabriel Matzneff wrote openly of his pedophilia, protected by powerful people in publishing, journalism, politics and business. Now cast out, he attacks their “cowardice” in a rare interview.
In Amazon’s Bookstore, No Second Chances for the Third Reich
The retailer once said it would sell “the good, the bad and the ugly.” Now it has banished objectionable volumes — and agreed to erasing the swastikas from a photo book about a Nazi takeover.