Irwin Shaw
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ISBN: 0399134433 / Publisher: Putnam Adult, August 1989
This study of the life of Irwin Shaw is the result of hundreds of interviews with people who knew Shaw, who was celebrated both for his talent as a writer and his colorful personality
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A reconstruction of Shaw's life from his days as a young playwright and novelist up to his death in 1984. Despite a prevailing pedestrian tone and lapses into gossip column journals, a chilling and, at times, insightful portrait of the man and his social milieu emerges forcefully. Acidic paper. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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