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    Your autograph, Mr. Caro? Ahead of 50th anniversary, 'Power Broker' author feels like a movie star

    by Hillel Italie Dec 18, 2023 4 minutes
    Source: Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

    Since the release a year ago of the acclaimed documentary “Turn Every Page,” Robert Caro has been feeling a bit like a movie star.

    “I walk up Broadway and kids recognize me,” the historian and author of “The Power Broker” says. “If I linger a bit, they start talking about a chapter that they like. It's so wonderful.”

    The 88-year-old Caro, winner of virtually every literary prize, has long held at least semi-celebrity status. His better known admirers range from Conan O'Brien to former Presidents and Barack Obama, and impatient readers regularly send emails to his publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, asking for an update on his fifth and final book. (Still no release date

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