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The Fame Lunches (Paperback) Loot Price: R498
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The Fame Lunches (Paperback): Daphne Merkin

The Fame Lunches (Paperback)

Daphne Merkin

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Daphne Merkin brings her signature combination of wit, candor, and penetrating intelligence to subjects that touch on every aspect of contemporary culture, from the high calling of the literary life to the poignant underside of celebrity and our collective fixation on fame. Merkin's elegant, widely admired profiles go beneath the glossy facades to consider their vulnerabilities and demons, as well as their enduring hold on us. Here one will encounter a gallery of complex, unforgettable celebrities, from Marilyn Monroe to Mike Tyson, and from Courtney Love to Truman Capote. Merkin also offers reflections on writers as varied as Jean Rhys, W. G. Sebald, John Updike, and Alice Munro. Most of all, though, Merkin is a writer who is not afraid to implicate herself as a participant in our consumerist and overstimulated culture. Merkin helps makes sense of our collective impulses. From a brazenly honest and deeply empathic observer, The Fame Lunches shines a light on truths we often prefer to keep veiled and in doing so opens up the conversation for all of us.

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Imprint: Picador USA
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2015
Authors: Daphne Merkin
Dimensions: 210 x 141 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 978-1-250-07476-8
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture
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LSN: 1-250-07476-2
Barcode: 9781250074768

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