Size: 6x1x9;

Size: 6x1x9;

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 799 p.

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 799 p.

New York. 2000. Random House. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket.

New York. 2000. Random House. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0375503382. 848 pages. hardcover. keywords: Journalism America. DESCRIPTION-Ron Rosenbaum is one of the great masters of the meta-physical 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 writer of our time. —DAV D REMNICK. In 1998, Ron Rosenbaum published Explaining Hitler; a national bestseller and one of the most acclaimed books of the year, hailed by Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times as lucid and exciting. a provocative wo k of cultural history that is as compelling as it is thoughtful, as readable as itis smart. Time called it brilliant. restlessly probing, deeply intelligent. The acclaim came as no surprise to those who have been reading Ron Rosenbaum's journalism, published widely in America's best magazines for three decades. The man known to readers of his New York Observer column as The Edgy Enthusiast has distinguished himself as a writer with extraordinary range, an ability to tell stories that are frequently philosophical, comical, and suspense I all at once. In this classic collection of three decades of ground-breaking nonfiction, Rosenbaum takes readers on a wildly original tour of the American landscape, deep into the secret parts of the great mysteries, controversies, and enigmas of our time. These are intellectual adventure stories that reveal: The occult rituals of Skull and Bones, the Iegendary Yale secret society that has produced spies, presidents, and their scions, including George Bush and his son George W. (that's the author, with skull, on the cover, in front of the Skull and Bones crypt); The Secrets of the Little Blue Box, the classic story of the birth of hacker culture; The Curse of the Dead Sea Scrolls; The Great Ivy League Nude Posture Photo Scandal; the underground realms of unorthodox cancer-cure clinics in Mexico; the mind of Kim Philby, the spy of the century; the unsolved murder of JFK's mistress; and the mysteries of Long Island, Babylon. Sharp, funny-(sometimes hilarious) cultural critiques that range from Elvis to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Bill Gates to Oliver Stone, Thomas Pynchon to Mr. Whipple, J. D. Salinger to the Zagat Guide, Helen Vendler to Isaac Bashevis Singer. And a marriage proposal to Rosanne Cash. Forcefully reported, brilliantly opinionated, and elegantly phrased, The Secret Parts of Fortune will endure as a vital record of American culture from 1970 to the present. inventory #28119.

Size: 104x28x152; In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Size: 104x28x152; In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!