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Lucky Bastard, by Charles McCarry (Random House, 385 pp., $24.95)

TRY to imagine a draft-dodging sex addict running for President. It shouldn’t be too hard. But Charles McCarry adds a twist: Suppose this politician were also a KGB agent, recruited as a college student and coached on building a career that would carry him to the White House.

About the Author

John J. Miller

John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.

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Lucky Bastard, by Charles McCarry (Random House, 385 pp., $24.95)

TRY to imagine a draft-dodging sex addict running for President. It shouldn’t be too hard. But Charles McCarry adds a twist: Suppose this politician were also a KGB agent, recruited as a college student and coached on building a career that would carry him to the White House.

About the Author

John J. Miller

John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.