On this week's P.Fast, the first of the new year, we have two writers with long and storied

careers talking about three very different subjects.

First up, Bob Gottlieb joins us to talk about his latest book, A Baguery of Greta Garbo,

and about Sinclair Lewis, whose novel Babit is 100 years old this year.

Then Carl Bernstein joins us to talk about his memoir, Chasing History, A Kid in the

Newsroom.

Liz Harris will be here to talk about what's going on in the publishing world, plus our

critics will join us to talk about the books they've been reading and reviewing.

This is the Bookerview Podcast for the New York Times.

It's January 14th.

I'm Pamela Paul.

Bob Gottlieb joins us now from New York to talk about two different subjects.

First, his latest book, Garbo, A Baguery of Greta Garbo, and then Sinclair Lewis, the

subject of an essay he recently wrote for us in the Bookerview.

Bob, thank you so much for being here.

You're very welcome.

I'm happy to be here.

We're going to start with Garbo.

And let's go all the way back to when you first encountered Garbo on the big screen.

Do you remember that moment?

Well, there wasn't a moment because remember that since I'm ancient growing up in the

30s and 40s, Garbo was part of the context of the time.

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