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The climactic scene from the 1942 Oscar-winning film Casablanca: Conrad Veidt (from left) Claude Rains, Paul Henreid, Humphrey Bogart, and Ingrid Bergman. Photo by FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images Books BU prof, whose father and uncle wrote the Oscar-winning Casablanca, takes a fictional look behind the scenes March 1, 2021 Twitter Facebook Leslie Epstein’s new novel is a behind-the-scenes Hollywood comedy involving his father and uncle, real-life Hollywood screenwriters. It’s also a scathing look at 1940s global realpolitik, from the terrible m...

Books: Here's looking at 'Casablanca,' with author Leslie Epstein By Tom Meek This Monday, Leslie Epstein the longtime Professor of English and Director of the Creative Writing Program at Boston University, debuts his latest work of fiction, "Hill of Beans: A Novel of War and Celluloid," which like several of Epstein's books weaves history and real life characters seamlessly into the fabric of fiction with a typical tight focus on the evils of the Holocaust and its repercussions across time.  Epstein's release party will be a free and virtual affair put on by the Brookline Booksmith at 7 p.m...