Andrew McCarthy Harbors a Secret Fantasy to Play Fagin Credit...Jillian Tamaki May 13, 2021 The actor and writer, whose new book is the memoir “Brat,” got his start as the Artful Dodger in a high school production of “Oliver!,” and would like to come full circle: “But as I’m approaching the appropriate age, my inability to carry a tune remains a stumbling block, so my dream appears unlikely to be realized.” What books are on your night stand? I’m reading Robert A. Caro’s “Working.” It’s comforting to know that the magic is in the sweat. I have Dani Shapiro’s memoir “Inheritance” and Peter Mendelsund’s novel “The Delivery.” And because I just watched Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s terrific documentary on Hemingway, I pulled down “In Our Time.”