Gossip : the untrivial pursuit /

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Author / Creator:Epstein, Joseph, 1937-
Imprint:Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.
Description:xiii, 242 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8543565
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ISBN:9780618721948
0618721940
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-222) and index..
Summary:A juicy, incisive exploration of gossip in all its forms--from celebrity rumors to literary "romans a clef," from personal sniping to political slander.

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