The Last Brother: The Last Brother
Joe McGinniss, Jr.. Pocket Books, $6.99 (688pp) ISBN 978-0-671-89452-8
McGinniss's much bruited biography of the Massachusetts Senator. (Aug.)
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Reviewed on: 04/03/1995
Genre: Nonfiction
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