Difficult Men by Brett Martin

August 12, 2014

DIFFICULT MEN: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution: From “The Sopranos” and “The Wire” to “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad.” By Brett Martin, 303 pp. The Penguin Press. $27.95.

“But “Difficult Men” is the first time Chase-ness takes on a larger meaning, as one man’s urge to tell stories that matter within the medium of the occupying power becomes emblematic of a whole cadre of buck-the-system storytellers doing the same. “