Playboy Interview: Carl Bernstein

September, 1986

a candid Conversation with the Watergate reporter and real-life model for "heartburn" about journalism, early success and divorce as public spectacleThe simple outline of the story isn't so extraordinary. A young, ambitious guy gets a break, enjoys a big success, gets caught up in the heady excitement of it all, sees his marriage unravel and his work suffer and struggles to regroup as he moves into his 40s.The difference, in Carl Bernstein's case, is one of degree. Perhaps no journalis...

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