Character Studies
Encounters With the Curiously Obsessed
Published on 13. September 2006
272 pages
978-0-547-34699-1 (ISBN)
Description
In these characteristically incisive essays, Mark Singer profiles eccentrics, monomaniacs, and other remarkable people he thinks we ought to meet. He takes us into the worlds of the sleight-of-hand master Ricky Jay, the ardent bibliophile Michael Zinman, and better-known personalities such as the entrepreneur Donald Trump and the meticulous filmmaker Martin Scorsese. He interviews a devoted fan of the cowboy movie star Tom Mix and a group of Texans who are determined to recover the skull of Pancho Villa from Yale's Skull and Bones society, among others. A riveting tour of obsession, Character Studies reveals the passions that drive the ordinary, the quirky, and the truly, fanatically fixated.
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Language
English
Publishing group
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
File size
0,82 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-547-34699-1 (9780547346991)
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09/2006
Mariner Books
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