Character Studies Encounters with the Curiously Obsessed

Name: Character Studies Encounters with the Curiously Obsessed
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ISBN: 9780618197255

ISBN-10: 0618197257

ISBN-13: 9780618197255

Edition: 2005

Authors: Mark Singer

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"For thirty years, Singer"s been MVP at The New Yorker . . . searching the country for superslices of Americana," praised Entertainment Weekly upon the publication of Singer"s previous book, Somewhere in America. His newest collection, Character Studies, is filled with profiles of Americans that Singer thinks we ought to meet. Whether it"s about the sleight-of-hand master Ricky Jay, the ardent bibliophile Michael Zinman, or better-known personalities such as the hype artist Donald Trump or the meticulous filmmaker Martin Scorsese, Singer"s elegant, incisive journalism uncovers the passions that drive the ordinary, the quirky, and the truly, fanatically fixated. Tom Brokaw raves, "Mark…

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List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 7/12/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Mark Singer has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1974. He is the author of Funny Money, Mr. Personality, Citizen K, and Somewhere in America. He lives in New York City.



Introduction


Secrets of the Magus


Trump Solo


Joe Mitchell'ts Secret


La Cabeza de Villa


The Chinos' Artful Harvest


Keepers of the Flame


Mom Overboard!


The Book Eater


The Man Who Forgets Nothing