Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity
#2750 of 3,809 books · #994 in Biography & Memoir
Shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (1994).
Gabler's account of the life of fast-talking gossip columnist and radio broadcaster Walter Winchell fuses meticulous research with a deft grasp of the cultural nuances of an era when virtually everyone who mattered paid homage to Winchell.
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- Vintage
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- 9780679764397
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Awards
- National Book Critics Circle Award for BiographyShortlistedMajor(1994)
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