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Jay Nordlinger set out to answer that question, and does so in this book. He surveys 20 dictators in all. They are the worst of the worst: Stalin, Mao, Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Saddam Hussein, and so on. The book is not about them, really, though of course they figure in it. It's about their children.  Some of them are absolute loyalists. They admire, revere, or worship their father. Some of them actually succeed their father as dictator--as in North Korea, Syria, and Haiti. Some of them have doubts. A couple of them become full-blown dissenters, even defectors. A few of the daughters have the experience of having their husband killed by their father. Most of these children are rocked by war, prison, exile, or other upheaval.  Obviously, the children have things in common. But they are also individuals, making of life what they can. The main thing they have in common is this: They have been dealt a very, very unusual hand.  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Paul Johnson calls Jay Nordingler \"one of the most versatile and pungent writers in America. And Mark Steyn says that this collection is \"a virtuoso display.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn these pages, Nordlinger visits unusual towns, universities-even music camps. He delves into politics, then profiles a number of personalities: George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Naguib Mahfouz, Al Sharpton, Donald Rumsfeld, Rosie O'Donnell, Rodney Dangerfield.... He sends dispatches from Europe-East and West-and the Middle East. He writes on a favorite sport, golf, and a favorite art: music. We meet Tiger Woods, Ben Hogan, Luciano Pavarotti, Meredith Wilson (the composer of \u003ci\u003eThe Music Man\u003c\/i\u003e), and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book closes with a selection of personal pieces, involving matters large and small. What we have here is a feast of a book, served in several appetizing courses. 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