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Title:
Too famous : the rich, the powerful, the wishful, the notorious, the damned
Summary:
"These brilliant and biting profiles form a mesmerizing portrait of the hubris, overreach, and nearly inevitable self-destruction of some of the most famous faces from the Clinton era through the Trump years. When the mighty fall, they do it with drama and with a dust cloud of gossip. This collection pulls from new and unpublished work―recent reporting about Tucker Carlson, Jared Kushner, Harvey Weinstein, Ronan Farrow, and Jeffrey Epstein―and twenty years of coverage of the most notable egomaniacs of the time―among them, Hillary Clinton, Michael Bloomberg, Andrew Cuomo, Rudy Giuliani, Arianna Huffington, Roger Ailes, Boris Johnson, and Rupert Murdoch―creating a lasting statement on the corrosive influence of fame. Ultimately, this is an examination of how the quest for fame, notoriety, and power became the driving force of culture and politics, the drug that alters all public personalities. And how their need, their desperation, and their ruthlessness became the toxic grease that keeps the world spinning. You know the people here by name and reputation, but it’s guaranteed that after this book you will never see them the same way again or fail to recognize the scorched earth the famous leave behind them." -- Amazon.com.
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Introduction -- Kakistocracy. President Jared ; Oh, Rudy! ; The strange life of Steve Bannon ; Trump at home -- Media people. Tucker ; Ronan ; Harvey ; Jann ; Hitch ; Arianna ; Judith ; Tina ; Ingrid -- Murdoch. Rupert in love ; Rupert alone -- Fox News. The death of Roger Ailes ; The rise of Fox 1 ; The rise of Fox 2 ; The rise of Fox 3 -- Defeat. Bloomberg ; Hillary ; Weiner ; Cuomo 1 ; Cuomo 2 ; Gore -- Boris. The future PM ; The Sextator -- Monster. The last days of Jeffrey Epstein.
Physical Description:
x, 323 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher:
Henry Holt and Company,
Publication Date:
2021
ISBN:
9781250147622
Publication Information:
New York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021.

©2021
Call Number:
973.922 WOLF
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