Nora Ephron recounts in great detail how Carl claimed to be getting root canal work done at the dentist every afternoon for weeks on end. In fact, he was the one doing the drilling of his lady love. It ended their marriage.
I think Carl also stole a horse drawn carriage and raced it through Central Park. I believe alcohol was involved.
He’s a loser who got lucky to be used by the shadow government. Investigative reporter? LOL
It is part of Heartburn’s joyous brilliance that not only does it contain great recipes — please note, the best vinaigrette ever — it could do useful service as an anthology of insults.
In one chapter, Ephron wrote that her husband would be ‘capable of having sex with a Venetian blind.’ Bernstein never lived it down.