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He was also a compelling - albeit nervous - public speaker, who … I must say, though, that the last essay sent a chill down my spine, and was absolutely the best of the lot. Click here for print quality images of Gay Talese. Gay Talese has never impressed me because his work is so good its imitators have made it cliche. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published The result, "Frank Si, “In the winter of 1965, writer Gay Talese arrived in Los Angeles with an assignment from Esquire to profile Frank Sinatra. High praise indeed, but it lives up to it's billing. Instead of a straightforward interview, you get the nuances of the person at the heart of the article.
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I would add a half star to this rating if possible. voyeur," a motel owner named Gerald Foos, for a story that was excerpted “A beautiful limited-edition version of Gay Talese's iconic 1966 Esquire story Frank Sinatra Has a Cold. And who can ignore a book entitled Frank Sinatra has a Cold and other essays! This is why I appreciated more the essays about hidden, unfamous people. I would highly recommend this to anyone who appreciates good literature and/or just wants to step into the "hidden" worlds of some very interesting sports and entertainment personalities from this period. Gay Talese. Gay Talese was born in Ocean City, New Jersey, and currently lives in New York City. If you are a Sinatra fan then this is a must read, and even if you are not, I think you will enjoy this wonderful piece of writing. There's something great about a paperback book: They're perfect book club choices, you can throw them in your bag and go, and they've been out in... A selection of witty and provocative essays from the father of New Journalism, Gay Talese's. an editor with her own imprint at Doubleday. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.
Unfortunately, I rushed through the first half of this essay collection, impatient to read the title essay "Frank Sinatra has a cold", lured by the many positive reviews and the urban legend that Talese wasn't given the possibility to interview Frank and had to build a story around the man instead, by getting to know his whole entourage. Quite readable--an interesting angle on the lives of some famous American people. So Talese remained in L.A., hoping Sinatra might recover and reconsider, and he began talking to many of the people around Sinatra—his friends, his associates, his family, his countless hangers-on—and observing the man himself wherever he could. You can read most of it online. The documentary team,