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Book Review of Walter Winchell

Walter Winchell
Walter Winchell
Author: Michael Herr
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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A streamlined hybrid of novel and screenplay, Walter Winchell tells the story of the failed vaudevillian who became this country's most influential gossip columnist and "wizard of the vicarious." "Brilliant . . . full of punchy dialogue, colorful people and places and period movie devices . . . Herr's hybrid is perfect."--Chicago Tribune.