Difficult Childhood on Display in 'Tarnation'

By Kenneth Turan

Published October 14, 2004 at 6:00 PM HST

Kenneth Turan

Kenneth Turan is the film critic for the Los Angeles Times and NPR's Morning Edition, as well as the director of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. He has been a staff writer for the Washington Post and TV Guide, and served as the Times' book review editor.

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