Dave Itzkoff. Times Books, $26 (288p) ISBN 978-0-8050-9569-2
Network, the satirical masterpiece that won four Academy Awards in 1976, remains a cultural touchstone even for those moderately enthusiastic about cinema. Its writer’s name, Paddy Chayefsky, has become much less recognizable in comparison since his
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Dave Itzkoff, Author . Villard $23.95 (288p) ISBN 978-1-4000-6113-6
After graduating from Princeton in 1998, Itzkoff entered the world of lad magazines, first at Details
and then at Maxim
. His book's central irony is that at the center of the hot babes–filled men's mag world, one of its editors can
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Dave Itzkoff, Villard, $24 (240p) ISBN 978-1-4000-6572-1
In his second memoir, New York Times reporter Itzkoff (Lads) turns his attention to his father, an outlandish man who was a drug addict for most of his life. He begins by explaining how his father's cocaine habit made him, as a little boy, believe...
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Dave Itzkoff. Holt, $30 (544p) ISBN 978-1-62779-424-4
According to this perceptive biography from Itzkoff (Mad as Hell), comedian Robin Williams was a man driven by a deep need for adulation and acceptance. Itzkoff introduces Williams as a brilliant, imaginative child left to his own devices in a...
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