From his earliest days as a culture-beat reporter, through a wildly
successful four decades in the book business, to his latest
philanthropic ventures, Stephen Rubin has witnessed up close the
highs and lows of publishing, music, and entertainment over the
last half-century. Now, in this refreshingly forthright and
uninhibited memoir, he shares the stories and secrets of a
legendary career. Freshly graduated from New York University, Rubin
parlayed what had been a music column in his college paper into a
freelance writing gig, covering culture, pop and classical music,
and Hollywood. This landed him spots in major newspapers and put
him in the company of fabulous opera divas, pop singers, and other
unforgettable personalities (including his future wife Cynthia, a
talent manager). Here, he shares his adventures with such varied
and iconic figures as Luciano Pavarotti, Judy Garland, Pierre
Boulez, Burt Lancaster, Dimitri Shostakovich, and Gregory Peck.
Rubin recounts how, after joining Bantam Books in 1984, he rose
steadily through the ranks of the publishing business, taking
readers behind the scenes of the publication of record-breaking
bestsellers such as John Grisham's The Firm and Dan Brown's The Da
Vinci Code. With an uncanny ability to right the ship of
floundering houses and imprints, he stepped into roles (and on some
toes) at Bantam, Doubleday, Transworld, Henry Holt, and Simon &
Schuster. He spares no details or feelings as he recounts corporate
missteps and personal feuds at the highest levels of the literary
world. Full of riveting detail, engagingly told, and generously
leavened with insider dish, this is an unparalleled look at the
culture industry from the man who's seen it all first-hand.
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