Character Studies: Encounters With The Curiously Obsessed

Singer, Mark

ISBN 10: 0618197257 / ISBN 13: 9780618197255

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005

About this Item

Inscribed by Mark Singer on the title page.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Character Studies: Encounters With The Curiously Obsessed
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618197257
• ISBN 13: 9780618197255
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Filled with profiles of fascinating Americans, this selection of biographical essays by the New Yorker writer features produce farmer Tom Chino, illusionist Ricky Jay, director Martin Scorcese, chefs Alice Waters and Wolfgang Puck, and many others.

About the Author

Mark Singer has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1974. He is the author of Funny Money, Mr. Personality, Citizen K, and Somewhere in America. He lives in New York City.