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  <name><![CDATA[Gay Talese]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Gay Talese is an American author. He wrote for &lt;i&gt;The New York Times&lt;/i&gt; in the early 1960s and helped to define literary journalism or &quot;new nonfiction reportage&quot;, also known as New Journalism. His most famous articles are about Joe DiMaggio, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Ocean City, New Jersey</hometown>  <born_at>02/07/1932</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Gay Talese Reader: Portraits and Encounters]]></title>
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  <average_rating>4.26</average_rating>
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  <published>2003</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Thy Neighbor's Wife]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gay Talese]]></name>
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  <published>1980</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Honor Thy Father]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gay Talese]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.38</average_rating>
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  <published>1971</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Fame and Obscurity]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gay Talese]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.30</average_rating>
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  <published>1970</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Unto the Sons]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gay Talese]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.14</average_rating>
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  <published>1992</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Kingdom and the Power: Behind the Scenes at The New York Times: The Institution That Influences the World]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Gay Talese]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>30</ratings_count>
  <published>1969</published>  
  
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        <book id="113853">
  <title><![CDATA[A Writer's Life]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gay Talese]]></name>
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  <published>2006</published>  
  
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        <book id="113848">
  <title><![CDATA[The Bridge: The Building of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gay Talese]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.05</average_rating>
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  <published>1964</published>  
  
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        <book id="3774726">
  <title><![CDATA[Frank Sinatra has a Cold]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Gay Talese]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.80</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>10</ratings_count>
  <published>1965</published>  
  
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        <book id="113851">
  <title><![CDATA[Writing Creative Nonfiction: The Literature of Reality]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gay Talese]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Barbara Lounsberry]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.40</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>5</ratings_count>
  <published>1995</published>  
  
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