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Selections from the author's profiles and "Talk of the Town" pieces in The New Yorker offers a unique take on the people and culture of New York, from famous filmmakers and entrepreneurs to the city's last great zipper fixer and Mr. Personality, a "habitual doer of good deeds." Reprint.
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A superb collection, Mr. Personality brings together the best of Mark Singer’s profiles and ?Talk of the Town” pieces from The New Yorker (1977?1989). In these thirty-three witty and offbeat pieces, Singer presents a slice of New York and its citizens in a way that only he can. From prolific filmmaker Errol Morris and a family of superintendents to one of the last great zipper-fixers, a court buff in Brooklyn, and Mr. Personality himself, these remarkable portraits offer something for every reader.
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