Drawn to Read
July 18, 2011

The Man in the Rockefeller Suit

By MARK SEAL
Reviewed by Ward Sutton

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About the Columnist
Ward Sutton’s cartoons and illustrations have appeared in the Village Voice, TV Guide, Rolling Stone, Time, Esquire, The New Yorker, and on the Op-Ed page of the New York Times.

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