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<p><p>One of America's most acclaimed writers and journalists, Gay Talese has been fascinated by sports throughout his life. At age fifteen he became a sports reporter for his Ocean City High School newspaper; four years later, as sports editor of the University of Alabama's <I>Crimson-White</I>, he began to employ devices more common in fiction, such as establishing a &quot;scene&quot; with minute details&#8212;a technique that would later make him famous.<p>Later, as a sports reporter for the <I>New York Times</I>, Talese was drawn to individuals at poignant and vulnerable moments rather than to the spectacle of sports. Boxing held special appeal, and his <I>Esquire</I> pieces on Joe Louis and Floyd Patterson in decline won praise, as would his later essay <I>&quot;Ali in Havana,&quot;</I> chronicling Muhammad Ali's visit to Fidel Castro. His profile of Joe DiMaggio, <I>&quot;The Silent Season of a Hero,&quot; </I>perfectly captured the great player in his remote retirement, and displayed Talese's journalistic brilliance, for it grew out of his on-the-ground observation of the Yankee Clipper rather than from any interview. More recently, Talese traveled to China to track down and

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Author

Gay Talese; Michael Rosenwald

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780802777539

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Computer Science, Anthropology, Fiction

Rating

4.01 / 5 (89 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14