| | | | | Alan Todd May passed himself off as an oil magnate, insinuated himself into West Palm Beach high society, and conned people out of millions.  Illustration by Nash Weerasekera Alan Todd May was known to his new friends as Jacob Turner, a big-spending good-timer who had made a fortune as an oilman. But he was actually a fugitive, having escaped from a federal prison while serving a twenty-year sentence for an oil fraud that had netted him millions, as Charles Bethea reports. How did May convince the high society residents of West Palm Beach, Florida, that he was “one of the great American archetypes: the Texas oilman, who was aggressive, charismatic, and unabashed”? | | | | From the Fiction Issue |  Fiction “The Drummer Boy on Independence Day”An indispensable part of the ceremony, of course, was the Civil War veteran, and at the time I’m telling about we still had one—a Confederate, naturally. By E. L. Doctorow | | | | | This Week in Fiction A Newly Discovered Story by E. L. DoctorowA conversation with Bruce Weber, the author of a biography in progress of E. L. Doctorow. By Deborah Treisman | | Love & Heartbreak Weeping at the Lake PalaceI tried to compete with my rivals by spending money. By Akhil Sharma | | | | |  | Subscribers exclusively enjoy access to our extensive archive of fiction from E.L. Doctorow, Sally Rooney, Annie Proulx, and many other authors. Upgrade today » | | | | | | What to Read This Summer | |  We asked our writers to share the books that transformed them. Naomi Fry recommends Norma Klein’s “My Life as a Body.” This story, like most of Klein’s novels, features a teen-age protagonist going through a kind of life crisis. But “don’t let the Y.A. designation fool you,” Fry writes. The novel is funny and sympathetic—“a great read for everyone.” Klein’s characters are “fully and sensitively rendered subjects—sexual, yes, but also psychological and intellectual.” Buy on Amazon | | | | Editor’s Picks |  Profiles Kamala Harris Makes Her CaseThe Vice-President is a top contender to replace Joe Biden, should he withdraw from the race. From 2019: Can she prove that she’s a force for change? By Dana Goodyear | | | | | Pop Music Ivan Cornejo’s Mexican American Heartache“Regional Mexican” music is booming, but one young singer is in no mood to celebrate. By Kelefa Sanneh | | Sentimental Journey Alan Braufman’s Loft-Jazz SéanceThe composer and saxophonist tours what remains of the clubs and run-down apartments (now delis and clothing stores) of the downtown scene of the seventies. By Nick Paumgarten | | | | |  | Summer deal in The New Yorker Store! Through July 8th, check out T-shirts, hats, beach towels, and more, and enjoy free delivery on all orders of more than $100. Browse the store » | | | | Fun & Games Dept. | Crossword A Beginner-friendly PuzzleLiv of the “Lord of the Rings” films: five letters. By Robyn Weintraub | | Shouts & Murmurs Choose Your Own Adventure: Starting a GardenWhat with all the flowers, you’ve now got a bee problem. How do you handle this? By Bryn Durgin | | Daily Cartoon Wednesday, July 3rd By Emily Bernstein | | | | |  | Name Drop: Can you guess the identity of a notable person—contemporary or historical—in six clues? Play a quiz from our archive » | | | | | P.S. Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and adviser to Donald Trump, was disbarred yesterday in the state of New York. He was, at one time, “regarded as a paragon of leadership,” Louis Menand writes, but his political career has come to be thought of as a notoriously disgraceful one. “It’s natural when trying to understand a crash-and-burn peripeteia as spectacular as Giuliani’s to wonder whether he was all that great to begin with.” | | | | | | | |
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