{"product_id":"9781451667226","title":"Gone: The Last Days of The New Yorker","description":"From a legendary journalist and star writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e -- one of the most revered institutions in publishing -- an insider's look at the magazine's tumultuous yet glorious years under the direction of the enigmatic William Shawn.\u003cbr\u003eRenata Adler went to work at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e in 1963 and immediately became part of the circle close to editor William Shawn, a man so mysterious that no two biographies of him seem to be about the same person. Now Adler, herself an unrivaled literary force, offers her brilliant take on the man -- and the myth that is \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e -- disputing recent memoirs by Lillian Ross and Ved Mehta along the way.\u003cbr\u003eWith her lucid prose, meticulous eye for detail, and genuine love of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker,\u003c\/i\u003e Adler re-creates thirty years in its history and depicts Shawn as a man of robust common sense, amazing industry, and editorial genius, who nurtured innumerable major talents (and egos) to produce a magazine that was -- and remains -- unique. Her ensemble cast -- all involved in legendary friendships, feuds, and love affairs -- includes Edmund Wilson, S. N. Behrman, Brendan Gill, Calvin Trillin, Dwight MacDonald, Donald Barthelme, Hannah Arendt, Pauline Kael, S. I. Newhouse, Robert Gottlieb, Tina Brown, and practically everyone of note in and around \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbove and beyond the fascinating literary anecdotes, however, Adler's is a striking narrative that follows the weakening of Shawn's hold over the magazine he loved, his reluctant attempts to find a successor, and the coup by which he was ultimately overthrown. It is a wonderful piece of reporting, full of real-life drama of Shakespearean dimensions, which Shawn himself surely would have loved.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43085064699965,"sku":"9781451667226","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781451667226_p0.jpg?v=1775252947","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781451667226","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}