American Scoundrel

Roy Cohn’s Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump

by Kai Bird with Susan Goldmark

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Reception

2026
New York Review of Books
Reviewed by Fintan O’Toole, 15 September
2026
Literary Review
Reviewed by Josh Glancy, 1 October

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Literary Review · 1 October 2026

Give Me the Judge

By Josh Glancy

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New York Review of Books · 15 September 2026

Devils in America

Toward the end of his biography of Roy Cohn, written with his wife, Susan Goldmark, Kai Bird quotes the editor and publisher Jason Epstein: “In a way, he’s not real, he has no substance.” On the other hand, a note to the list of characters for Tony Kushner’s landmark drama Angels in America (1991)…

By Fintan O’Toole

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Catalogue record

ISBN: 978-1-6680-3157-5

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ISBN: 978-1-6680-3157-5
Author: Goldmark, Kai Bird with Susan
Statement: American Scoundrel : Roy Cohn’s Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump / Kai Bird with Susan Goldmark.

Catalogue data checked 3 October 2026