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The inner workings of a writer’s life, the interplay between experience and writing, are brilliantly recounted by a master of the art. Gay Talese now focuses on his own life—the zeal for the truth, the narrative edge, the sometimes startling precision, that won accolades for his journalism and... read more
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- Lorena Babbitt: Add a description of this character.
- John Babbitt
- Tucci
- Padian
- Dr. King
- Elaine Kaufman
- Randall Miller
- John Bobbitt
- Li Duan
- Nan
- J. Z. Morris
- J. L. Chestnut
- Erickson
- Jackie Ho
- Smitherman
- Tina Brown
- Linda
- Johnston
- Robert
- Bobby Ochs
- Catledge
- Wallace
- Rose Sanders
- Rosenberg
- Steinbrenner
- Konstantin
- Liu Ying
- John Lewis
- Betty
- Patrick Shields
- Hurley
- Lucia
- Briana Scurry
- Dibblee
- Janna
- Frank Catalano
- Schillinger
- Nicola Spagnolo
- Adolph Ochs
- Erma Castro
- John Clancy
Setting & Locations edit
- Selma
- New Yorker
- China
- Alabama
- Beijing
- America
- Italy
- United States
- Virginia
- Manassas
- Washington
- Paris
- Manhattan
- East 63rd Street
- Hong Kong
- Naples
- Birmingham
- Calabria
- Rome
- California
- Rose Bowl
- Atlanta
- New Jersey
- Los Angeles
- Philadelphia
- Napa Valley Grill
- Florida
- Atlantic City
- Forbidden City
- Vanity Fair
- Hollywood
- Ecuador
- Chicago
- Germany
- Asia
- City Hall
- Brooklyn
- Arkansas
- Tokyo
- Venezuela
- Taiwan
- London
- Sarasota
- Tuscaloosa
- Harlem
Authors & Contributors edit
- Gay Talese (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0679410961
Page Count: 448
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0679410961
Page Count: 448
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- Dewey: 808.0092
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