George, Being George - George Plimpton's Life as Told, Admired, Deplored, and Envied by 200 Friends, Relatives, Lovers, Acquaintances, Rivals--and a Few Unappreciative Observers (Paperback)

Contributors include Harold Bloom, Jules Feiffer, John Guare, Norman Mailer, Peter Matthiessen, Maggie Paley, Richard Price, James Salter, Robert Silvers, William Styron, Gay Talese, Calvin Trillin, Gore Vidal, and 200 other Plimpton intimates
Norman Mailer said that George Plimpton was the best-loved man in New York. This book is the party that was George's life-and it's a big one-attended by scores of famous people, as well as lesser-known intimates and acquaintances. They talk about his life: its privileged beginnings, its wild and triumphant middle, its brave, sad end. They say that George was a man of many parts: the "last gentleman," founder and first editor of" The Paris Review, " the graceful writer who brought the "New Journalism" to sports, and "Everyman's "proxy boxer, trapeze artist, stand-up comic, Western movie villain, and" Playboy "centerfold photographer.
George's last years were awesome, truly so. His greatest gift was to be a blessing to others-not all, truth be told-and that gift ended only with his death. But his parties, if this is one, need never end at all.

General

Imprint:	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2009
First published:	October 2009
Editors:	Nelson W. Aldrich
Dimensions:	203 x 132 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	432
ISBN-13:	978-0-8129-7418-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Literary Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > General Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Biography > Literary
LSN:	0-8129-7418-2
Barcode:	9780812974188

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