Partly autobiographical, partly historical, one of my old favourites happily still available (now from Amazon and perhaps elsewhere). Historical, it's a chronicle of the loves and hates of some of the famous chiefly American writers, artists and celebrities of the 20th century in the heyday of the magazine when edited by founder Harold Ross and successor William Shawn. Many comic anecdotes. It is also good on aspects of putting each issue together.
(Jeremy Swann - bwl 12 January 2002 ) |
