{"product_id":"9781632867469","title":"High Notes : Selected Writings of Gay Talese","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eHigh Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Gay Talese\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA selection of classic high points in the illustrious career of Gay Talese. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eHigh Notes\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003ci\u003e r\u003c\/i\u003eeminds us of the indefatigable reporting skills and inventive use of language that made Talese a paragon of the New Journalism.” —\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdmired by generations of reporters, Gay Talese has for more than six decades enriched American journalism with an unmatched ability to inhabit the worlds of his subjects. From the article that germinated into \u003ci\u003eThy Neighbor's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eto indelible portraits of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and Lady Gaga, \u003ci\u003eHigh Notes \u003c\/i\u003eselects the highlights of Talese’s signature mode, “the art of hanging out.” It’s a bold testament to enduring literary craftsmanship and unparalleled cultural observation from \"the most important nonfiction writer of his generation\" (David Halberstam).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHigh Notes\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\" - \u003ci\u003eAnne Fadiman, author of EX LIBRIS and THE WINE LOVER’S DAUGHTER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\" - \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\" - \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[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 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e newsroom and stars such as Frank Sinatra, \u003ci\u003eHigh Notes\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\" - \u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\" - \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly on THE GAY TALESE READER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\" - \u003ci\u003eStarred review, Publishers Weekly on THE SILENT SEASON OF A HERO\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781632867469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40597640249550,"sku":"9781632867469","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_fce885c6-577a-4b10-97a0-38c8c7a4ac31.jpg?v=1637885507","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781632867469","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}