If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. There’s an often-stated, invented fact that men think about sex ...
Igiaba Scego, an author born in Rome to Somali parents, recommends books that draw readers through the rich layers that make up her hometown. By Igiaba Scego Read Your Way Around the World is a series ...
The classicist Mary Beard examines the excesses and tedium of imperial rule, sorting fact from gossip and tall tales. By Jennifer Szalai When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our ...
THE KEYS OF ST. PETER (380 pp.)—Roger Peyrefitte—Criterion Books ($4.50). Truly scandalous books are rare these days, particularly books about religion. This novel is truly scandalous. It has already ...
It has become fashionable to compare the United States’ current disarray to that of ancient Rome. The parallels are easy to make — both are powerful empires, nominally operating by the rule of the ...
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