PICKS BOOKS lt's not ove r ye t September's comingsoon. Here are three beach-vacation clas- sics fO 「 the precious last weeks ofsummer. —Sarah Begley Everyday people, extraordinary b00 s TOM PERROTTA HAS DOCUMENTED DECADES' WORTH OF social issues in deceptively domestic novels. He addressed modern parenting ⅲ 2004 ' s 田 e Children, the Christian right ⅲ 2007 ' s The Abstinence Teacher and the response tO grief in 2011 ' s The Leftovers. AII those works take place in suburban America and have at their centers workaday folks living against the b ackdrop Of sweeping change. ln examining the national intere st by way Of dinner-table conversation, perrotta has created some of the most memorably human drama ofhis era. His new novel, Mrs. Fletcher, about a mother and son, is the latest example. "I never feel like l'm writing about the suburbs,: ” says perrotta. "I feel like l'm writing about people wh0 live in the suburbs, and people are a subject Of inexhaustible interest. ” Mrs. Fletcher is a look at two kinds Of sexual revolution: the breakdown ofbarriers created by lnternet porn and the new manner oftalking about sex on campus. lt will spark plenty 0f conversations before college drop-offbegins ⅲ August ・ TO Perrotta, lnternet porn—the sort that comes tO Obsess empty-nester Eve Fletcher—has been a democratizing force: "I certainly don't want t0 be the person defending porn, but one of the things it's done is show that real people are not as sexually picky as American commercial culture might lead us tO believe. There's a place in porn for older people, people 0f different races. ” Meanwhile, new cultural wokeness—and rigidity— creates confusion and resentment for Brendan, Eve's blithely self-assured, unsophisticated son. Perrotta demonstrates hO 、 the conversation around re-envisioning sex and gender, one that occurs entirely above Brendan's head, has consequences. ln the author's telling, it "leads tO a kind ofpuritanical calling-out ofpeople wh0 have sinned against these goals. ” This may be the latest Of perrotta's works tO be adapted by Hollywood. HBO, which broadcast the grand-scale ad 叩 tation The Leftovers, has optioned Mrs. Fletcher, following film versions of Perrotta novels Election and Little Children. But the in- demand author's wading intO the contemporary campus comes from a prosaic place: chats with his college-age children, wh0 also helped inspire his previous b00ks. (LittIe ChiIdren came out when they were just that. ) The parent and his children have had very different experiences. "1100ked at college as this place 0f freedom and liberation and ん n , ” says perrotta (Yale ' 83 ). "And now a 10t 0f people experience it as a kind 0f minefield, where you have t0 watch what you say. Maybe that's not a bad thing, but I think the sense Of it as a fun place or a place where the world gets bigger has become much more complicated. " perceptive 0f slight shifts in the SOCial current but never condemning hiS sinning characters' souls, perrotta proves an amiable guide through it all. —D. D. Tom Perr tta F SCOTT FITZGERALD T E N D E 」 5 TENDER THE NIGHT ( 1934 ) By F. Scott 日 ge ′ a Acouple'stenuous marriage begins tO unravel on the French Riviera, surrounded by temptation and danger. lnspired in partbyhis own life, it was thelast novel Fitzgerald would complete. Flctehcr COMPLEX CHARACTER NewIy liberated Eve is the latest memorable Perrotta heroine. Says the author: "l'm really interested in tellingthe story Of women Of my generation. " PHILISTINES AT THE HEDGEROW ( 1998 ) By Steven Gaines The journalist's pop history examines passion and property in the Hamptons," where the rich and the famous behave badly and compete over real estate with long-entrenched locals. MeM 計一 0 齢 HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK ( 1996 ) By Terry McMiIIan A divorced investment analysttakes a break from her life as a single mom and heads on vacation tO 」 amaica, where shefalls fora man halfherage. 49

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down. ln a concert in the 1970S , Presley included game. Lithe, beautifully costumed in black leather a bit of "Dixie Land ” and climaxed with a stirring and as handsome as ever, presley sings, plays and section 0f "The Battle Hymn 0f the Republic ” as dances in the round, surrounded by an audience well as gospel numbers. And SO, like the nation ⅲ that's more sedate yet Just as rapt as the ecstatic the years Of Vietnam and Watergate, he was awash crowds 0fthe ' 50S. in both patriotism and self-indulgence, clinging Not long afterward the last chapter began. He had sentimentally tO an Older, warmer ViSion ofAmerica married priscilla Beaulieu in 1967 and divorced her even as he fed his own appetites for opioids and fried six years later; they had one daughter, Lisa Marie, peanut butter and banana sandwiches. presley's own born in 1968. presley gained weight and found contradictions were similar tO the country's as it himself taking more and more prescription uppers hurtled through a diffcult and self-involved decade. and downers. He created an insular life populated He would not, 0f course, see the ' 70S through. by a swirl 0f women, wh0 were 0ften quite young, ln the middle of August 1977 , preparing for yet and by "the guys," his Memphis mafia ofmusicians, another tour, Presley was found dead at Graceland, bodyguards andhangers-onwho cateredto thewhims offcially 0f heart failure. There was much contro- of the King. lt was the oldest story in the annals of versy about the cause Of death, but what's clear celebrity.• a Star becomes ever more reclusive and is that he died an opioid addict. lt has long been eccentric as hiS fame grows beyond measure. Lord reported that from January 1977 until his death, Acton's dictum about absolute power corrupting his doctor, the flashy George "Nick ” Nichopou- absolutely has a show-busine s s analogue : ab solute los, had prescribed at least 8 , 805 pills and sundry notoriety all tOO Often tends tO corrupt absolutely t00. forms of drugs that included Dilaudid, Quaalude, Presley's descentwas markedby an obsessionwith percodan, Demerol and cocaine hydrochloride. (TO collecting police badges and firearms; it was as ifhe were seeking the emblems and means Of control as he reconstruct the prescription record, investigators had tO contact 153 pharmacies in the aftermath Of himself grew more erratic. ln 1970 , en route tO Wash- Presley's death. ) He was 42 years 01d. ington, Presleywrote Nixon a letter on AmericanAir- lines notepaper claiming that he had new insights intO the youth unre st across the country as well as presley's death marked an odd new beginning ・ communist "brainwashing ” techniques. Would the Tribute artists proliferated, and still do, filling Presidentbe interested in Presley's becoming a secret venue s with fans young and 01d. Admire rs make agent ofthe federal government? The request led t0 0 < their pilgrimages t0 Graceland. The truly devoted an impromptu meeting in the Oval Offce, where a marry in chapels presided over by prot0-Elvises in puzzled Nixon listened t0 Presley's ramblings about んⅡ costume, with the King's music playing softly ⅲ the moral degeneration Ofthe country. Although the session itself was bizarre—Presley the background. Why such a vibrant afterlife? There are Sinatra fans, but you don't read about thousands had basically presented himself at the White House beating a path t0 H0b0ken or believing OI' Blue Eyes without an appointment, only tO be admitted tO s ee is really alive and well ⅲ Buenos Aires. (The latter Nixon—the content Ofthe conversation was perhaps was a persistent rumor in the wake Of Presley's not that different from what many white Americans death—that he had faked the whole thing and bought of Presley's background would have said to the a ticket tO South America under an alias. ) "lfyou're an President at the time. Presley came from the white working class, a demogr 叩 hic that had helped elect Elvis fan, no explanation is necessary. lfyou're not an EIvis fan, no explanation is possible,: ” Presley friend Nixon, wh0 in a speech a year earlier had referred George Klein tOld Harrison, the British writer and tO his base as "the great silent maJority ”—the ones who didn't protest, who didn't grow their hair long, broadcaster, wh0 also authored the engaging 2016 0 who didn't burn their draft cards or run the country book The Death 0 れ d Resurrection 可窺ⅵ s Presl . ◆ 3 夏 Number of feature films that PresIey made. He 引 SO starred in tWO concert documentaries. V. THEAFTERLIFE PresIey begins acting in films, most of which are low-budget musical comedies. They are critically panned く PresIey meets with President N ixon at the White House and expresses his disap 0 Of the counterculture. Nixon encourages PresIey tO "retain his credibility ” so as tO positively influence young people. PresIey's comeback ” ShOW airs; it iS N BC 's second most-watched specialthat year. 三一 but 0 れ tab . 〉 1960S DEC. 21 , 1970 D を C. 3 , 1968 40

a travel ban without a workable plan tO make it happen. Trump began to call Kelly, "getting his input, running something by him or say- ing he was doing a good job; ” one West Wing aide recalled. The two men had din- ner several times in the first SiX months, and soon Trump was pressing Kelly t0 take a larger role at the White House. Kelly resisted, more than once. And yet as his star rose with the President, SO did resentment in the West Wing. Former KeIIy allies blame jealous White House offcials for two notable stories that they feel were designed to damage his relation- ship with Trump: one alleged that he and Mattis had made a pact that one Of them remained stateside all the time, tO help preserve stability. The other suggested that Kelly had considered quitting after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey loitering in clumps Of five or six outside in May. There is some evidence for both the Oval Off1ce and trying to catch the reports, but neither iS conclusive. True or President's eye. ()S a result, some White not, Kelly's aides considered the stories tO Hous e offcials are spending more time on be shOts across the boss's bOW. television; it is known tO be an excellent But by mid-JuIy, larger forces were way tO attract the President's attention. ) at work. The West Wing was devolving And he backed NationaI SecurityAdviser into inexplicable daily chaos, much 0f McMaster, who had been trying for it starting with Trump. Priebus never months tO remove troublesome allies Of emerged as a chiefofstaff strong enough Bannon s without success. Other staff tO keep the President's worst instincts change s are expecte d. O ne ・ We st Wing at bay. The factional feuding inside the aide called the White House under Kelly White Hous e among traditional Repub - a more S ane envlronment. licans, family aides and the populists led Trump has welcomed the change. by Stephen Bannon became an ungov- "Right now, he's very h 叩 py t0 have some- ernable embarrassing mess. AS threats one taking control,: ” a close aide explains. overseas, particularly from North Korea, "I thinkthere will eventually be an adjust- loomed larger, Mattis, Tillerson and ment period when he feels like things are Dunford pressed Kelly t0 step ⅲ and working and some Others that he wants tO assert some control for the sake Of the revert back or change. Which is another way ofsaying that, ⅲ country. Then in late July, when everything the Trump White House, there are limits to seemed t0 go haywire ⅲ the space 0f a any disciplinarian's reach. Trump doesn't few days—the sudden and disturbing THE KELLY CT on White House op- take well tO constant oversight, and even rise Of Scaramucci; Trump's politicized erations was immediate. He tOld everyone Republicans worry that any praise heaped speech t0 the Boy Scouts at the National ⅲ the West Wing tO report to him and not on Kelly now could quickly limit, or even Scout Jamboree; the tweet about a the President, including, at least ⅲ theory, end, his influence. And yet if some reports transgender ban in the military, which Javanka; ” Washington's nickname for held that Kellywas exerting a moderating caught Pentagon generals by surprise— Kushner and his wife lvanka Trump. He force on Trump's manic tweeting, it was at Kelly heard from still others out of his squelched the flow of unvetted paper times hard t0 tell. Trump was back t0 his past. The refrain: You must dO this now. tO the President, which had sometimes old habits, tweeting from his Bedminster Fred McCorkIe, a retired three-star led tO erroneous tweets and anecdotes; vacation, starting at 6 : 38 a. m. on Aug. 7 Marine general, explained KeIly this he listened in on Trump's conversations with complaints about "the failing way: "You've seen SO many people that with Other Cabinet offlcers. ln meetings, @nytimes ” and “ 24 / 7 #Fake News on d0 this stuff for power. John doesn't care he cut off ramblers and told bickering CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, NYTIMES & about power. He's already had all the aides tO work out their differences before WAPO. ” By 8 : 01 a. m. , the President had power in the world. He's d0ing it 100 % they arrived. PatroIIing the West Wing, he issued nine ediCtS V1a SOCial media. for servlce. told aides tO stay in their offces instead of Then on Aug. 8 , Trump responded to 26 TIME August 21 , 2017 JAMES MATTIS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE BACKGROUND Born in Washington State, the four-star Marine general nicknamed "Mad Dog is widely respected as an erudite and extremely aggressive field commander. Mattis, 66 , retired in 2013 after more than 40 years in the Corps. ACCOLADES Earned a Bronze Star, Legion Of Merit and Other honors fO 「 distinguished se ・ rvice. Picked tO lead key opening battles in the Afghanistan war in 2001 and the lraq war in 2003. ()n lraq, Mattis' radiO call sign was "Chaos. ") Served as head ofCentral Command, overseeing U. S. forces in the Middle East and South Asia. NOTABLE 0u01E Be polite, be professional, but have a plan tO kill everyone you meet.

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