The world's greatest art forger; the queen of interiors; La Grenouille vignettes; and more.
| | December 23, 2023 | Issue N⁰ 232 | | | Great news, we found the easiest last-minute gift that's sure to please: Give the gift of an AIR MAIL subscription (at 50% off!) | Good Morning! | It's almost Christmas, and we have delights from all over | Here's Just Some of What We Have in This Issue | From Kabul's Serena to Jerusalem's King David, war hotels have long served as headquarters for international journalists. In Ukraine, the Kharkiv Palace is the new gathering place | | Despite several run-ins with the law, art forger extraordinaire David Henty is still doing what he does best: replicating Picassos and other great artists' work and selling the imitations for obscenely high sums | | The odds were stacked against The Long Goodbye when it premiered, 50 years ago. But thanks to Robert Altman and Elliot Gould, the film changed the detective genre forever | | How the "Indiana Jones of lost film," a flamboyant Frenchman known for burning old films onstage to impress audiences, ended up on trial for manslaughter | | You'd be forgiven for thinking that this was a buoyant time in American fiction. The problem is, few of our literary bright young things are making their publishers any money | | Charles Masson presided over Midtown's storied La Grenouille restaurant for decades. He recalls serving French cuisine to Henry Kissinger and a very drunk, very cheap Truman Capote | | Sir Hubert Wilkins frequently defied death as he explored the polar ice regions by plane, ship, and even submarine. He was equally obsessed with exploring the recesses of the human mind | | The British man-child "Lord" Miles Routledge spends his holidays fraternizing with the Taliban. Is he the next Andrew Tate? | | The Little Car Company builds two-thirds-size replicas of classic sports cars that sell for more than $100,000. Jonathan Margolis investigates how these tiny racers became such massive successes | | Prepare to ring in the New Year in style with a selection of our most festive finds, from sleek attire to sparkling jewels | | | | | | |
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