Cameo critic: David Gregory

Meet the Press host on Orhan Pamuk's 'Istanbul: Memories and the City.'

June 12, 2010 at 6:51PM
David Gregory, moderator of NBC " Meet The Press" was in the Twin Cities to tape a program with MN GovTim Pawlenty. He was interviewed at KARE 11 .
David Gregory, moderator of NBC " Meet The Press" was in the Twin Cities to tape a program with MN GovTim Pawlenty. He was interviewed at KARE 11 . (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

David Gregory takes on weighty issues every Sunday on "Meet the Press," so it's no surprise that his reading list is just as serious. The show's host explains why he recently devoured "Istanbul: Memories and the City" by Orhan Pamuk.

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"I'm taking my wife to Turkey for our 10th anniversary, so it's helping me to prepare. The author presents a portrait of growing up in the state of melancholy around an Ottoman empire that completely crumbled."

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