Written by the author of "Dispatches", this novel is an evocation of the life and times of the gossip columnist and journalistic demagogue who was also one of the most famous and powerful men in America during the 40s and 50s.
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Michael Herr was born in 1940, Syracuse, New York. He was a writer and former war correspondent best known as the author of Dispatches (1977), a memoir of his time as a correspondent for Esquire magazine (1967-1969) during the Vietnam War. He died in 2016, aged seventy-six.
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Seller: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Walter Winchell: A Novel This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 7719-9780701135676
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Seller: Bahamut Media, Reading, United Kingdom
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Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. London: Chatto & Windus, 1990 A movie novel of tremendous sweep and detail, zapping us with the America of the Thirties and Forties as seen through the eyes of gossip-monger Walter Winchell. Herr, the jivey author of Dispatches (1977), undertakes a spacious picture of US society in pre- and post-WW II and nails it all down in 156 pages. Fine in Fine jacket. clph. Seller Inventory # 004012
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st UK Edition; First Printing. First British edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with lightly foxed edges and age-tanned pages in alike dust-jacket with check mark to front flap; Walter Winchell: A Novel tells the story of Winchell, one of the most celebrated journalists in American history. As Winchell's career arcs from small-time scribe to influential commentator to gossip columnist to national celebrity, he becomes the subject of both admiration and resentment from the people around him.Michael Herr's novel offers an intimate, nuanced portrait of a titan of American journalism. Winchell is both vulnerable and egotistical, sympathetic and ruthless, and his story is both entertaining and heartbreaking.; 8vo; FSA. Seller Inventory # 31130
Seller: Redruth Book Shop, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good condition book and DJ not price clipped. 157 pages good and clean with clear print. No foxing, no previous names, 'Walter Sinchell was ambitious, arrogant, sentimental, cunning, devastatingly sharp-witted, loved and hated, loving and hateful. At the height of his fame his daily newspaper column and weekly radio broadcasts commanded a loyal following some fifty million strong. From his personal headquarters - Table 50 at the Stork Club in new York City - Winchell ruled an empire of gossip, rumour and influence, making and breaking reputations and careers and enthralling his audience with the 'private' lives of those he deemed worthy of his attention. Seller Inventory # 014152
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Seller: P Rulton Rare Books, Leominster, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback 1st ed 1st printing. Both book and dustwrapper are in very good condition. Seller Inventory # 000964