Over the decades, the book has sold millions of copies and, despite shortcomings, deserves to be read again today because of the threat of nuclear devastation.
Over the past few years that I've been following him on Facebook, writer-director Paul Schrader (2017's "First Reformed," 1976's "Taxi Driver") has developed into one of my favorite writers on film. He is a deeply serious man with a sense of humor who holds strong opinions and often trenchantly dissects films in a few sentences.