Peter Pavia
The Archive
A DAME TO KILL FOR
October 21, 2007 | 9:00amGin-swilling women, the sinister, palpable dint of corruption, the longing lives and shattered dreams of Los Angeles: these are the elements readers naturally associate with Raymond Chandler. In novels like...
BRED AND WHINERS
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amLIKE any proper social conservative, Diana West loathes the 1960s. But in her unapologetic defense of Western society, "The Death of the Grown-up," West points out that the cultural upheavals...
SILVA'S 'SECRET'
August 5, 2007 | 9:00amDANIEL Silva's latest novel, "The Secret Servant," arrives with all the familiar elements in place: Recurring character? Check. Gabriel Allon, world-weary Israeli intelligence agent, is back for another bite at...
INSULT TRIUMPH
May 20, 2007 | 9:00amBY the late 1960s, Don Rickles was one of the most recognizable performers in America. He had guest-starred on virtually every TV sitcom, became a regular on Dean Martin's roasts...
BAD GUYS DONE GOOD
May 20, 2007 | 9:00amAt the outset of American involvement in World War II, the winter months of 1942, the United States was already at a grave impasse. The Pacific fleet had been devastated...
'GATE CRASH
February 25, 2007 | 10:00amWHEN I first met E. Howard Hunt in late 2003, I expected to find a grizzled Cold Warrior, and the man who invited me into his Miami home for a...