Gay Talese

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born

February 07, 1932

gender

male

place of birth

Ocean City, New Jersey, The United States

genre

Nonfiction

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Gay Talese is an American author. He wrote for The New York Times in the early 1960s and helped to define literary journalism or "new nonfiction reportage", also known as New Journalism. His most famous articles are about Joe DiMaggio, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.

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avg rating: 3.95 | 459 ratings | 68 reviews | 26 distinct works | 2 fans

	The Gay Talese Reader: Portraits and Encounters by Gay Talese avg rating 4.27 — 83 ratings — published 2003	my rating:
	Thy Neighbor's Wife by Gay Talese avg rating 3.90 — 72 ratings — published 1981 8 editions	my rating:
	Honor Thy Father by Gay Talese avg rating 3.39 — 61 ratings — published 1971 5 editions	my rating:
	Fame and Obscurity by Gay Talese avg rating 4.28 — 43 ratings — published 1970 7 editions	my rating:
	Unto the Sons by Gay Talese avg rating 4.17 — 36 ratings — published 1992 8 editions	my rating:
	The Kingdom and the Power: Behind the Scenes at The New York Times: The Institution That Influences the World by Gay Talese avg rating 3.79 — 29 ratings — published 1969 4 editions	my rating:
	A Writer's Life by Gay Talese avg rating 3.88 — 26 ratings — published 2006 4 editions	my rating:
	The Bridge: The Building of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge by Gay Talese avg rating 4.06 — 18 ratings — published 1964	my rating:
	Frank Sinatra has a Cold by Gay Talese avg rating 4.78 — 9 ratings — published 1965 2 editions	my rating:
	Writing Creative Nonfiction: The Literature of Reality by Gay Talese, Barbara Lounsberry avg rating 3.40 — 5 ratings — published 1995 2 editions	my rating: