The Secret Parts of Fortune: Three Decades of Intense Investigations and Edgy Enthusiasms

Rosenbaum, Ron

ISBN 10: 0060934468 / ISBN 13: 9780060934460

Published by Harper Perennial, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Secret Parts of Fortune: Three Decades of Intense Investigations and Edgy Enthusiasms
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060934468
• ISBN 13: 9780060934460
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1753694638.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 47174151
• Signed: 7/28/2025 9:23:58 AM
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Synopsis

A collection of essays by the author of Explaining Hitler explores the complexities and oddities of American life, from Bill Gates's weird house and Elvis to Mr. Whipple and Tijuana's underground cancer clinics, in works including "The Curse of the Dead Sea Scrolls" and "The Great Ivy League Nude Posture Photo Scandal." Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

About the Author

Ron Rosenbaum's work has appeared in Harper's, The New Yorker, The New Republic, Esquire, and The New York Times Magazine. His book Explaining Hitler has been translated into ten languages. He writes "The Edgy Enthusiast" column for the New York Observer and is at work on his next book, on Shakespeare scholars. Aware of the controversy over authors posing with their pets on book jackets, he has not posed with his soulful cat, Stumpy (depicted here), whose comic genius is described on pages 710-15 of this volume.