Charles Leerhsen
Författare till Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty
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Charles Leerhsen has written for Sports Illustrated, Esquire, Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine, Smithsonian, Money, and other publications. His previous books include Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty, Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America, and Blood and visa mer Smoke: A True Tale of Mystery, Mayhem, and the Birth of the Indy 500. He is an adjunct professor at the City University of New York's Graduate School of Journalism and lives in Brooklyn with his wife, the writer Sarah Saffian. visa färre
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Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain — Författare — 2 exemplar
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So going to the Leerhsen book is a way to test that, see a different angle. It invokes the same feeling, too soon, too negative. The final sentences comment that Bourdain's brother hosted a memorial, but spoke with barely veiled resentment about his dead brother. "You think he was great, let me tell you!"being the gist.
It's beyond comical that Leerhsen ends on this note. His entire book essentially says the same. Is he a straight shooter that's just exposing the real guy? He's just as bitter as the brother. These people write of the dead perhaps, because they dont want to get sued if attempting while the subject is alive. Be Kitty Kelley, say it to their face.
The suicide jokes and faux concern for Bourdain's daughter are appalling. Published a mere four years after his death, and still several years ahead of her being an adult - not likely that this poor child figured into Leerhsen's thoughts.
AA: probably pretty correct on this and probably holding back some of what he could have put in. He's bold in clearly making an accusation, but it still feels like he pulled a punch here. Perhaps, that's the only thing agreeable in the book. Ultimately, people have free will and having so much, yet leaving is indeed a tragedy.… (mer)