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  1. Sep 8, 1997 · --The New York Review of Books "Albert Schmidt is another of Begley's brilliant impostors, though this time an impostor unaware of his charade. He is the cultivated man--out of Harvard, no less--unable to acknowledge his subtle strain of Jew-hating....

  2. Sep 3, 1996 · About Schmidt. Louis Begley. 3.23. 850 ratings115 reviews. Proud, traditional, and impeccably organized, Albert Schmidt is a button-down lawyer of the old school. But now, after years of carefulmanagement, his life is slowly unraveling. His beloved wife has recently died. He stumbles--or is he being pushed?--into earlyretirement.

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  3. Dec 15, 2010 · Set in the Hamptons and Mahnattan, and laced with black humor, About Schmidt casts a cold, pitiless eye on the eastern seaboard upper class, the last vestiges of once-ascendant WASPs, and the newcomers whose fortunes are rising. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Louis Begley's Memories of a Marriage. Book 1 of 3.

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  4. By Louis Begley. Best Seller. Category: Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction. Paperback $17.00. Sep 08, 1997| ISBN 9780449911167. Buy. Ebook $7.99. Dec 15, 2010| ISBN 9780307760074. Buy. All Formats. +. Paperback$17.00. Sep 08, 1997 | ISBN 9780449911167. Add to Cart. Buy from Other Retailers: Ebook. Dec 15, 2010 | ISBN 9780307760074. Add to Cart.

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  5. Film. A film starring Jack Nicholson and directed by Alexander Payne, based on the novel About Schmidt, was released by New Line Cinema in 2002. Back to Book Index. Cover art property of Ballantine Books--Do Not Reproduce.

  6. As he tries to make his life habitable again--after the devastating loss of his wife--retired lawyer Albert Schmidt finds the possibility of regeneration in a new love the old "Schmidtie" would...

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