laurie at our table once again. the perfect gentleman villain. wholeave a ready got a line in the manufacturing process. villainess nor gentlemanly. but the character is an interesting combination. he has a sort of superficial affable charm. in fact, more than charm. he is positively adaptive and get the world he has created is built on something very dark and wicked. jeff: before we talk about re thisper, le car novel in particular. hugh: these are the holy texts of my childhood, particularly my team years. .- teen years particularly the books about the cold war. and then 1990 came, the wall came down and i and others imagined that the spies are now out of work and possibly spied writers would also be redundant. i worried that he will he would have to hang up his typewriter ribbon. i happen to know he writes longhand. he is old school. delight, notmy were he equaled found a subject that was equal to the high stakes of the cold war, he found something that if anything e
i have already got a whole line in the manufacturing process. i am neither villainess nor gentlemanly. but the character is an interesting combination. he has a sort of superficial affable charm. in fact, more than charm. he is positively adaptive and and yet the world he has created is built on something very dark and wicked. jeff: before we talk about richard roper, john le carre this novel in particular. hugh: these are the holy texts of my childhood, particularly my teen years. particularly the books about the cold war. and then 1990 came, the wall came down and i and others imagined that the spies are now out of work and possibly spied writers would also be redundant. i worried that he would have to hang up his typewriter ribbon. i happen to know he writes longhand. he is old school. but, much to my delight, not only had he found a subject that was equal to the high stakes of the cold war, he found something that if anything exceeded those stakes. because the interna
overwhelming against it. i was drug czar, director of national drug control policy, 8 9- 90. we didn t have this kind of research then. we had some, smattering. but now it is overwhelming, the harm that marijuana does. and i just have to believe or want to believe the american people are not informed of these facts. and so the point of the book was to get these facts out so they can make a second judgment on this, an informed decision. let me get to the end of my story. i think in colorado which has been kind of ground zero here, that they will reconsider at the end of the day. host: uh-huh. guest: try to put this jeepny back in the genie back in the boding and recriminallize because they re starting to see the results. you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. and it s day two of booktv s lye coverage of the los angeles times festival of books. on your screen the campus of the university of southern california, home of this 20th annual festival.
los angeles times festival of books. on your screen the campus of the university of southern california, home of this 20th annual festival. yesterday we covered programs on journalism publishing, world leaders and more, and today we continue our live festival coverage with author panels on u.s. history, california history and crime. you ll also be able to talk with authors such azzam quinones and ben shapiro. they ll sit down with us on our outdoor set to answer your questions via twitter and by phone. check booktv.org for a complete schedule of today s events, and you can see schedule updates all day long at the bottom of your television screen. all right. we kick off today s l.a. times festival inside newman hall on the usc campus. you re going to hear from claudia rankin author of a book called citizen, which was a finalist for the national book award. live coverage of the 20th annual los angeles times festival of books starts now on booktv. [inaudible conversations]
changing your mind and revisiting some of the points of view that you had earlier and being able to see that perhaps they were time around about where you were that you were willing to say no i think i will move in a different direction, and i think that is what we need always. that ends our time with nathaniel philbrick. [applause] thank you very much and best wishes to all of you. up next on book tv, after words with guest host historian richard brookheiser repeated this week fox and friends cohost brian kilmeade and his latest book george washington s secret six. and at the syndicated tv radio host tells the story of us by range of six previously unknown revolutionary war spy is that infiltrated the british ranks of new york credited with turning the tide of the war. this program is about an hour. this is a terrific and an engrossing book. begin by telling me why did george washington need a spy ring and where did he need it? guest: thank you first off. he needed a