The Devil Problem: And Other True Stories

Remnick, David

ISBN 10: 0679452559 / ISBN 13: 9780679452553

Edité par Random House, 1996

Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. N° de réf. du vendeur L06B-03796

Synopsis :

Book by Remnick David

Présentation de l'éditeur: Readers know from his now classic Lenin's Tomb that Remnick is a superb portraitist who can bring his subjects to life and reveal them in such surprising ways as to justify comparison to Dickens, Balzac, or Proust. In this collection, Remnick's gift for character is sharper than ever, whether he writes about Gary Hart stumbling through life after Donna Rice or Mario Cuomo, who now presides over a Saturday morning radio talk show, fielding questions from crackpots, or about Michael Jordan's awesome return to the Chicago Bulls -- or Reggie Jackson's last times at bat.

Remnick's portraits of such disparate characters as Alger Hiss and Ralph Ellison, Richard Nixon and Elaine Pagels, Gerry Adams and Marion Barry are unified by this extraordinary ability to create a living character, so that the pieces in this book, taken together, constitute a splendid pageant of the representative characters of our time.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Devil Problem: And Other True Stories
Éditeur : Random House
Date d'édition : 1996
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : Very Good
Etat de la jaquette : Jaquette