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Synopsis
Author and NPR commentator Halpern takes a critical look at Americans' infatuation with fame and determines that fame is elusive, desirable--and also possibly addictive.
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"Jake Halpern presents a provocative expose on the origins of celebrity worship. His in-depth look at the public's insatiable appetite for gossip is a fascinating read."
--Bonnie Fuller, VP and editorial director of Star magazine, and former editor of US Weekly, Cosmopolitan, and Glamour
"Jake Halpern presents a provocative expose on the origins of celebrity worship. His in-depth look at the public' s insatiable appetite for gossip is a fascinating read."
--Bonnie Fuller, VP and editorial director of Star magazine, and former editor of US Weekly, Cosmopolitan, and Glamour
About the Author
Jake Halpern is the author of Fame Junkies: The Hidden Truths Behind America's Favorite Addiction, and Braving Home: Dispatches from the Underwater Town, the Lava-Side Inn, and Other Extreme Locales, hailed by Bill Bryson as "a splendid and engaging account of stubbornness in Modern America." Halpern has written for the New York Times, The New Yorker, LA Weekly, and many other publications. He is also a commentator and freelance producer for NPR's All Things Considered. He lives in Connecticut.
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- PublisherMariner Books
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 061891871X
- ISBN 13 9780618918713
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages260
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