The Gay Talese Reader

Author: Gay Talese
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0802776752

The Gay Talese Reader: Portraits and Encounters

As a young reporter for The New York Times, in 1961 Gay Talese published his first book, New York-A Serendipiter's Journey, a series of vignettes and essays that began, "New York is a city of things unnoticed. Get The Gay Talese Reader literature books for free.
It is a city with cats sleeping under parked cars, two stone armadillos crawling up St. Patrick's Cathedral, and thousands of ants creeping on top of the Empire State Building."

Attention to detail and observation of the unnoticed is the hallmark of Gay Talese's writing, and The Gay Talese Reader brings together the best of his essays and classic profiles. This collection opens with "New York Is a City of Things Unnoticed," and includes "Silent Season of a Hero" (about Joe DiMaggio), "Ali in Check The Gay Talese Reader our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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This collection opens with "New York Is a City of Things Unnoticed," and includes "Silent Season of a Hero" (about Joe DiMaggio), "Ali in

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