Finding the Trapdoor

For some 30 years, Adam Hochschild''s voice has been one of the most distinctive in American journalism. With grace and wit, he has brought to a startling variety of subjects a combination of adventurous reporting and personal honesty. Hochschild''s readers can count on an unobtrusive erudition, a sense of justice, and an irrepressible curiosity about life.

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