Novelist Messud Visits Middle East
And Marty Peretz—her husband’s old boss—is not amused
| 3:33 PM Jul 8, 2009
Until recently, British author Claire Messud had only written about Palestine as a vogue political issue that interrupts—but remunerates—the life of quiet contemplation being fitfully led by Murray Thwaite, the liberal newspaper columnist who features prominently in her novel, The Emperor’s Children. Murray blows off a planned speech at a fundraising dinner for a Harlem ...