The kingdom of New York : knights, knaves, billionaires, and beauties in the city of big shots /
New York observer presents The kingdom of New York New York observer : twenty-one years, 1987-2008
as seen by The New York observer ; introduction by Peter W. Kaplan ; [editors: Alexandra Jacobs, Peter W. Kaplan, Peter M. Stevenson ; illustrators, Barry Blitt ... [et al.]].
- 1st ed.
- New York : Harper, c2009.
- 368 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
At head of title: New York Observer presents. Selection of articles covering years 1987-2008. Includes index.
The Kingdom of New York is rollicking insider;s history of contemporary New York, as seen through the lens of the city’s most irreverent newspaper, the New York Observer. Handsomely designed with great drawings, cartoons, and other illustrations throughout and filled with the paper’s unique attention to politics, status, and wealth, this unique insider’s view features essays by Cynthia Ozick, Gay Talese, Woody Allen, and Martin Scorsese, and covers such iconic New York personalities as Bill and Hillary Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg, Graydon Carter, Katie Couric, Tom Wolfe, Norman Mailer, Tina Fey, J. Lo, Seinfeld, Tina Brown, and Anderson Cooper.
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Since 1951
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