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iithor Bob Greene won't talk
about his religion-or current
family life, but in his new
book he has plenty to say
about his father and one of the most
mysterious figures of Vrorld -War II.
Duty: A Father, His Son, and the
Man Who Won he War (William
Morrow; S25) explores Greene's
father's life and death as a World War
IT Arn-iy veteran with the help of an
unlikely ally: Paul Tibbets, the pilot
who flew the atomic bomb to
Hiroshima, Japan.
Greene, a Chicago Tribune columnist
syndicated to more than 200 nesyspa-
pers and the author of 20 books, will
bel3ook fair's opening night speaker
on Saturday; Nov. 4. He will deliver
his talk 8:45 p.m. at the Jewish
Community Center in West
Bloomfield.
But those attending sho
to ask him anything about
marital status. Greene admi
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