Books by Mark Seal and Complete Book Reviews

Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Untimely Death in Africa
Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Untimely Death in Africa
Mark Seal, Author . Random $26 (232p) ISBN 978-1-4000-6736-7
Vanity Fair contributing editor Seal expands on his August 2006 article for the magazine in this sweeping and atmospheric biography of the conservationist and wildlife filmmaker Joan Root, who was brutally murdered in her home on Lake Naivasha,...
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The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Imposter
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Imposter
Mark Seal. Viking, $26.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-670-02274-8
Hiding behind one of America’s wealthiest names, a German immigrant duped the world in a decades-long charade that Vanity Fair contributing editor Seal unravels in this fascinating account. Born Christian Gerhartsreiter in Germany in 1961 , he left...
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What Really Happens in Vegas: True Stories of the People Who Make Vegas
What Really Happens in Vegas: True Stories of the People Who Make Vegas, Vegas
James Patterson and Mark Seal. Little, Brown, $32.50 (368p) ISBN 978-0-316-40690-1
In this splashy group portrait, Patterson (Obsessed) and Seal (Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli), a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, spotlight the “unseen toiling armies of personnel” who make Sin City run. Among the profile subjects are Raymond...
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Leave the Gun
Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of ‘The Godfather’
Mark Seal. Gallery, $28.99 (448p) ISBN 978-1-982158-59-0
Journalist Seal (The Devil and Harper Lee) expands his 2009 Vanity Fair article “The Godfather Wars” into a revealing and entertaining look at the behind-the-scenes machinations of Francis Ford Coppola’s epic film. Fifty years after its premiere,...
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