George, Being George: George Plimpton's Life as Told, Admired,

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
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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 Georgeâ€™s lifeâ€“and itâ€™s a big oneâ€“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 â€œlast gentleman,â€ founder and first editor of The Paris Review, the graceful writer who brought the New Journalism to sports, and Everymanâ€™s proxy boxer, trapeze artist, stand-up comic, Western movie villain, and Playboy centerfold photographer.

Georgeâ€™s last years were awesome, truly so. His greatest gift was to be a blessing to othersâ€“not all, truth be toldâ€“and that gift ended only with his death. But his parties, if this is one, need never end at all.
Country USA
Brand Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer Random House Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0812974182_used
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2009-10-27
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780812974188

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	0812974182_used
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2009-10-27
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812974188

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

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