FAME AND OBSCURITY - Softcover

Talese, Gay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440324920 ISBN 13: 9780440324928

Publisher: Laurel, 1986

Synopsis

A collection of interviews with the famous--Frank Sinatra and Joe DiMaggio among them--and the obscure-- including the head barber at the United Nations and a chauffeur with his own chauffeur--probes at the heart of America. Reprint.

About this title

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.

From the Inside Flap

ating . . . 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Laurel
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0440324920
• ISBN 13: 9780440324928
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback