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Tabloid City
A Novel
Paperback, 10 pages, Little Brown & Co, List Price: $14.99 | purchase
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Book Summary
When a wealthy socialite and her secretary are found murdered in a stately West Village townhouse, a flurry of seemingly unrelated people spring into action. A reporter chases the story while a tabloid executive holds the presses, a ruined financer attempts to leave the country, a war veteran plots revenge, and a terrorist plans an attack.
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This book is about:
- Socialites,
- Crimes against,
- New York (N.Y.),
- New York,
- New York (State),
- Murder,
- Fiction
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Veteran journalist and writer Pete Hamill's Tabloid City revolves around the devoted editor-in-chief of New York City's last afternoon tabloid. Sam Briscoe "lives for news, despite running a paper with a bare-bones staff and dwindling morale that is living in the shadows of days when newspapers were great," says critic Adam Rathe. "But from two minutes past midnight, when we find Briscoe stuck at work trying to fit the story of a model student shot dead onto the front page, until... more
Book Reviews
'Tabloid City' Spins A Thriller From The Newsroom
May 10, 2011 From two minutes past midnight to 9:16 p.m. the next day, newsman Sam Briscoe's world will be turned upside down. Pete Hamill tells a story of murder, mourning and the rush of a daily deadline in Tabloid City.
Author Interviews
Pete Hamill Revisits The Newsroom In 'Tabloid City'
May 5, 2011 The veteran journalist's new novel takes place in an old-school print newsroom, not unlike the one where he worked. Hamill, a longtime columnist, reflects on changes in the news industry, and explains how columnists of his day differed from today's media bloggers.
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