Fame and Obscurity
by Gay Talese
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"Fascinating . . . Poignant." The Wall Street Journal In this extraordinary work of insight and interviews, bestselling author Gay Talese shares with us the lives of those we don't know and those we might wish we did: Frank Sinatra, Joe DiMaggio, Manhattan mobsters, Bowery bums, and many others -- fascinating men and women who define our country's spirit and lead us to an understanding of ourselves as a nation.Tags
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This is a wonderful collection of essays from the late 50's-early 60's. The first essay in the book (Frank Sinatra has a cold) is probably the most famous, but the pieces on the building of the Verazzano-Narrows Bridge are really fine and not to be missed. My favorite is the essay about George Plimpton and the Paris Review--it just sparkles.
Textos que imprimem um retrato agudo do universo urbano de Nova York. Nas reportagens reunidas nesta antologia, o consagrado repórter americano ajudou a criar o 'novo jornalismo'. Publicado no Brasil em 1973 com o título de 'Aos olhos da multidão', o livro se tornou referência entre jornalistas e escritores.
When I was in high school, I fell in love with this man. I thoroughly enjoy his journalistic work.
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Gay Talese is a journalist and international bestselling author whose works include The Bridge, The Kingdom and the Power, Honor Thy Father, Thy Neighbor's Wife, Unto the Sons, A Writer's Life, and in 2016, The Voyeur's Motel. He won the George Polk Award for career achievement in 2008. He lives in New York City with his wife, Nan, the Publisher show more of Nan A. Talese/Doubleday. Lee Gutkind, founder and editor of Creative Nonfiction magazine, is Distinguished Writer in Residence in the Consortium for Science, Policy Outcomes and Professor at the School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University. show less
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- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 920.073 — History & geography Biography & genealogy Biography, genealogy, insignia General and collective by localities Of North America United States
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- F128.52 .T27 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America United States local history New York
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- English, Portuguese, Spanish
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