The recent memorial service for legendary Knopf advertising director Nina Bourne was covered by
Molly Fischer in the
New York Observer. The entire article is worth reading, but our favorite line?


“I’m like the demented governess who thinks the baby is her own,” [Bob] Gottlieb recalled her saying.

Maybe it's a cliché, but that doesn't make it any less true: they just don’t make ’em like they used to. If people still wore hats, ours would be off to you, Ms. Bourne.

Donna Leon’s sumptuous series of novels featuring the principled, warmhearted Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti have won her countless fans, critical acclaim, and international renown as one of the world’s best crime writers.
In A Question of Belief, the nineteenth novel in the best-selling series, Brunetti must contend with ingenious corruption, bureaucratic intransigence, and the stifling heat of a Venetian summer.

“Brunetti is a marvel: smart, cultured, and dedicated to his work.”
—The Washington Post
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