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High Notes: Selected Writings of Gay Talese Paperback – 9 Mar. 2017

by Gay Talese (Author)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 97 ratings
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  1. Print length
    288 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Bloomsbury USA
  4. Publication date
    9 Mar. 2017
  5. Dimensions
    15.7 x 2.12 x 23.32 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    163286746X
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1632867469
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High Notes contains all the reasons I've been teaching Gay Talese's work to my students for a decade, and all the reasons they love it. There are scenes described in such vivid detail you feel you're standing inside them; peripheral characters whom only Talese would care about and who are far more interesting than the ones in the center; details that no other writer would notice because no one has Talese's eyes and Talese's ears. This is glorious journalism. ― Anne Fadiman, author of EX LIBRIS and THE WINE LOVER’S DAUGHTER

Gay Talese once again reminds us of the indefatigable reporting skills and inventive use of language that made him a paragon of the New Journalism. ― New York Times Book Review

These pieces really amount to superb character studies that unfold less through journalistic quotation than through the novelistic accretion of well-observed details of action and setting. Talese gives readers real life raised to the level of high literature. ― Publishers Weekly

[A] career-spanning collection from Gay Talese, one of the country's greatest nonfiction writers . . . Hopping from personal recollections to mob stories to profiles about the New York Times newsroom and stars such as Frank Sinatra, High Notes consistently showcases Talese's keen eye for detail and insight into his subjects . . . once again a fly on the wall for the reader's enjoyment. ― Shelf Awareness

Wonderful and long overdue . . . The stories here are shining examples of a time in publishing history when magazine writing was an art form and Talese its Michelangelo. This reader is a book to come back to again and again. ― Publishers Weekly on THE GAY TALESE READER

Whether recounting a workaday game or taking on the monolithic topic of Muhammad Ali . . . Talese's writing possesses so much color and clear description of the world beyond the stadium that even non-sports fans will cheer. ― Starred review, Publishers Weekly on THE SILENT SEASON OF A HERO

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A selection of classic high points in the illustrious career of Gay Talese.

"[High Notes] reminds us of the indefatigable reporting skills and inventive use of language that made Talese a paragon of the New Journalism." -New York Times Book Review

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury USA (9 Mar. 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 163286746X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1632867469
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.7 x 2.12 x 23.32 cm
  • Customer reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 97 ratings

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