Winchell Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity

"Not only is there far more page-turning drama to Winchell's life than anyone might have thought, but, as imaginatively written and authoritatively reported by Neal Gabler, his biography tells a much larger story that could not be more timely...we live in a tabloid world these days, and rather than settling for either deploring or ignoring that fact, it behooves us to understand how and why we got there. Rather than condescend to his subject or milk him for the usual run of nostalgic show-biz anecdotes, Neal Gabler has bestowed upon him the intelligence, respect, and scholarship usually denied the shapers of our mass culture. The result is a book more important than any Winchell scoop and every bit as exciting."Gabler, Neal is the author of 'Winchell Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity', published 1995 under ISBN 9780679764397 and ISBN 0679764399.