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Los Angeles Times bestseller
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New York Times Book Review “Editor’s Choice” Selection
“Even the die-hardest Casablanca fan will find in this delightful book new ways to love the movie they were certain they could never love more.” —Sam Wasson, best-selling author of
Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.Trade Review"
We'll Always Have Casablanca is a hugely readable and entertaining look at how
Casablanca came to be, and how it came to be such an indelible part of American pop culture." -- Chris Foran - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Combining trenchant analysis of the film’s poetic and political power with a well-researched and playful account of its legacy,
We’ll Always Have Casablanca is a necessary book and perhaps even an urgent one." -- Noah Gittell - Los Angeles Review of Books
"Anyone interested in the magic of movies will relish this book." -- Tavo Amador - Bay Area Reporter
"Fascinating… [and] profoundly relevant." -- Rebecca Prime - Los Angeles Times
"A treasure trove of facts and anecdotes." -- Peter Biskind - New York Times Book Review
"Observant and astute.… Isenberg makes some insightful contributions to
Casablanca lore." -- Gerald Bartell - Washington Post
"An insightful, revelatory new book." -- Paul Teetor - Los Angeles Weekly
"Hugely entertaining." -- David Mikics - Tablet
"As Noah Isenberg details in his excellent new book
We’ll Always Have Casablanca, the 1942 film is a case study of how history gets depicted for popular entertainment, but it is also a powerful example of how the Hollywood machine produced work that intersected with political commitment while still holding fast to its romantic conventions." -- Michael S. Roth - Chronicle of Higher Education
"Four out of four stars.… Isenberg’s great contribution is tying together the production [of
Casablanca] and its legacy." -- Bill Desowitz - USA Today
"Noah Isenberg brings an appropriate passion to his pop analysis of [
Casablanca], along with a delight of details and some savvy reassessments." -- John Anderson - Newsday
"Isenberg gives us… a rich miscellany of material that will delight fans of both the film and Hollywood’s golden era. His research is clearly second to none." -- Lucy Scholes - Times Literary Supplement
