Gay Talese

Frank Sinatra Has a Cold

And Other Essays

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Produktbeschreibung

A selection of writings including a description of a meeting between two legends, Fidel Castro and Muhammad Ali; a dissection of the offices of Vogue magazine; an account of travelling to Ireland with hellraiser Peter O'Toole; and, a profile of fading baseball star Joe DiMaggio, which turns into a immaculately-crafted meditation on celebrity.

Produktdetails

• Penguin Modern Classics
• Verlag: Penguin Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 130mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 160g
• ISBN-13: 9780141194158
• ISBN-10: 0141194154
• Artikelnr.: 32203713

Autorenporträt

Gay Talese (born February 7, 1932) is an American author. He wrote for The New York Times in the early 1960s and helped to define literary journalism or 'new nonfiction reportage', also known as New Journalism. His most famous articles are about Joe DiMaggio, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. He lives in New York with his wife, Nan Talese.

Rezensionen

'The best non-fiction writer in America' Mario Puzo