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Evan Thomas, the best-selling biographer of Robert F. Kennedy and Dwight D. Eisenhower and author of a half-dozen other books, has seen those books reviewed over the years by The New Yorker, The Washington Post and The Atlantic.

But with the recent publication of his latest work, “Being Nixon: A Man Divided,” Thomas experienced for the first time a new phenomenon: the Bill Gates bump.

Just before Christmas, Thomas learned his book had been favorably reviewed by Gates on his blog, Gates Notes.

“I’m surprised by the number of biographies I read that paint their subjects in black-and-white terms,” Gates wrote.

“A classic example is former U.S. President Richard Nixon, who is too often portrayed as little more than a crook and a warmonger. So it was refreshing to see a more balanced account in ‘Being Nixon,’ by author and journalist Evan Thomas.” The review was illustrated by a photograph of the book on a desk adorned with objects fro