George, Being George: George Plimpton's Life as Told, Admired, Deplored, and Envied by 200 Friends, Relatives, Lovers, Acquaintances, Rivals--and a Few Unappreciative ...
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George Plimpton's life is pieced together here through the voices of nearly two hundred people who knew him, including well-known writers, editors and longtime friends, along with relatives, lovers and rivals. Their recollections move from his privileged upbringing to the adventurous middle years of his career, and finally to his last period and his death.
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Among the many roles they recall are his founding of The Paris Review, his work bringing a personal, immersive style of reporting to sports writing, and his more unusual ventures: boxing in the ring, performing on the trapeze, trying stand-up comedy, acting in a Western film and photographing for a magazine. The result is a crowded, affectionate and sometimes unflattering portrait of a man whose charm drew people in, and whose many friendships seem to go on well past his own time.
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