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The pursuit of love letters: My Search for Warren Harding, by Robert Plunket, reviewed

Our magnificently monstrous anti-hero goes in quest of a cache of reputedly pornographic letters written by the former US president to his mistress

Nicholas Lezard
Warren G. Harding, 29th president of the United Statesand the reputed author of explicit love letters Getty Images
EXPLORE THE ISSUE 15 February 2025
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There is something wonderful about a novel being rescued from obscurity. Robert Plunket’s My Search for Warren Harding was first published in 1983, given a few decent reviews and then disappeared. Occasionally admirers – including rather influential ones like Amy Sedaris and Larry David – would lend a weathered copy to friends, insisting they read it.

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