The Stuff of Legend
Nov 16, 2020
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—CJ Lotz
“Being with Julian,” i.e., Julian P. Van Winkle III, whose bourbon (Penguin Press). Over the years spent reporting on the Van Winkles, Thompson pondered not only their impeccable talents, but also their sense of fun, as when they sneak the good stuff into the Kentucky Oaks by pouring it into a Seven Seas salad dressing bottle. Thompson’s time with them raised questions about his own family, revealing how ambition can draw both light and darkness, and how some of the greatest stories ever told are just perfectly aged, delicious myths.
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