Playboy Interview: Alex Haley

Playboy Interview: Alex HaleyIf it weren't for the fact that it's a true story, "Roots" might well be the Great American Novel. In the months since its publication, it has been compared to both "Moby Dick" and "War and Peace," and at least one reviewer called it "among the most important books of the century." Doubleday, its publisher, ordered the largest print run ever for a hardcover book (200,000), which sold out in a matter of weeks, and there are indi...