The Secret Parts of Fortune: Three Decades of Intense Investigations and Edgy Enthusiasms - Rilegato

Rosenbaum, Ron

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ISBN 10: 0375503382 ISBN 13: 9780375503382

Casa editrice: Random House Inc, 2000

Riassunto

Explains some of America's most interesting mysteries, controversies, and enigmas, such as the rituals of Skull and Bones, Yale's secret society, and the unsolved murder of JFK's mistress.

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What people are saying about Ron Rosenbaum

"Ron Rosenbaum is one of the great masters of the metaphysical detective story, a nonfiction writer in the spirit of Borges, Nabokov, and Poe."
—Errol Morris, from the Foreword

"One of the most original journalists and writers of our time."
—David Remnick

"Ron Rosenbaum combines the skills of a terrific investigative reporter and an accomplished literary stylist with an idiosyncratic streak all his own."
—Philip Lopate

"Rosenbaum is a rare triple threat: He is a first-rate thinker, a fine reporter, and a superb writer."
—Gary Kamiya, Salon

"I plan on hanging Ron Rosenbaum's 'marriage proposal' [column] in a prominent place. Should my husband begin to take me for granted, he will be reminded that I am not without options."
—Rosanne Cash

Explaining Hitler is "an intellectual tour de force" (George Will), "a work of importance and fascination"
(George Steiner).

"Ron Rosenbaum is among the most thoughtful and insightful interpreters of our fractured fin-de-siècle society. He has
a wonderful eye for paradox and always manages to find the significant detail and to suggest the most intriguing
conclusion. He pursues the elusive and the complicated with great clarity."
—Robert Stone

"You made me look like a f——g lunatic."
—Oliver Stone

L'autore:

Ron Rosenbaum's work has appeared in Harper's, The New Yorker, The New Republic, Esquire, and The New York Times Magazine. His book Explaining Hitler has been translated into ten languages. He writes "The Edgy Enthusiast" column for the New York Observer and is at work on his next book, on Shakespeare scholars. Aware of the controversy over authors posing with their pets on book jackets, he has not posed with his soulful cat, Stumpy (depicted here), whose comic genius is described on pages 710-15 of this volume.

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• Editore: Random House Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0375503382
• ISBN 13: 9780375503382
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 799