Thy Neighbor's Wife: A Chronicle of American Permissiveness Before the Age of AIDS - Softcover

Talese, Gay

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9780345472700: Thy Neighbor's Wife: A Chronicle of American Permissiveness Before the Age of AIDS

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345472705 ISBN 13: 9780345472700

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group, 1995

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"Engrossing and provocative." Library Journal

Bestselling author Gay Talese's exploration into the hidden and changing sex lives of Americans from all walks of life shocked the world when it was first published in 1981. Now considered a classic, this fascinating personal oddysey and revealing public reflection on American sexuality changed the way Americans looked at themselves and one another.

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Review:

"Every man who reads it will recognize himself. Every woman will discover, perhaps for the first time, the secret fantasies and public privations, the loneliness and passionate lusts, of most men."--Chicago Sun-Times

"A sexual Pilgrim's Progress...Few writers have lived so long, traveled so far, on the frontiers of the sexual revolution."--Atlantic Monthly

"Talese does not proselytize, he informs...Readable and thoroughly entertaining."--Vogue

Every man who reads it will recognize himself. Every woman will discover, perhaps for the first time, the secret fantasies and public privations, the loneliness and passionate lusts, of most men. --Chicago Sun-Times"

A sexual Pilgrim s Progress...Few writers have lived so long, traveled so far, on the frontiers of the sexual revolution. --Atlantic Monthly"

Talese does not proselytize, he informs...Readable and thoroughly entertaining. --Vogue"

-Every man who reads it will recognize himself. Every woman will discover, perhaps for the first time, the secret fantasies and public privations, the loneliness and passionate lusts, of most men.---Chicago Sun-Times

-A sexual Pilgrim's Progress...Few writers have lived so long, traveled so far, on the frontiers of the sexual revolution.---Atlantic Monthly

-Talese does not proselytize, he informs...Readable and thoroughly entertaining.---Vogue

About the Author:

Gay Talese was a reporter for The New York Times from 1956 to 1965. Since then he has written for The New York Times, Esquire, The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, and other national publications. He is the author of 13 books. He lives with his wife, Nan, in New York City.

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