Books That Made a Difference to John Cusack

O, The Oprah Magazine | From the November 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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The star of the new action movie 2012 picks books that provide a link to great thinkers, an alternate history of the past 35 years, and a "stream-of-consciousness bit of grace" by (who else?) Bob Dylan.

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