Frank Sinatra Has a Cold and Other Essays, by Gay Talese

By Victoria SegalListening to his mother provide an understanding ear to the customers in the family dress shop, the young Talese realised that "their pauses, their evasions" were as telling as the information and opinions they willingly offered up. This collection of essays show Talese's gift for filling in the gaps, most strikingly on his garlanded 1966 Esquire article "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold", a profile written from the sidelines of the irascible singer's empire. It's hard to imagine that a...

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