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In the early 2000s, writer Nick Tosches (Oscar Isaac) is hired by a Mafia don to verify and steal an original copy of ‘The Divine Comedy’ by Dante Alighieri. In 14th-century Florence, Dante (also ...

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Between delivering buckets of ice to Hunter S. Thompson and making martinis for Robert De Niro, I learned lessons more valuable than what any other job could teach.

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The Count of Monte Cristo has legions of fans—but even superfans may have missed a few lesser-known facts about this classic book. From Alexandre Dumas’s behind-the-scenes collaborator to a curious ...