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On January 7, 1980, in the run-up to the publication of Thy Neighbor’s Wife, Gay Talese received an anonymous letter from a man in Colorado. “Since learning of your long awaited study of coast-to-coast sex in America,” the letter began, “I feel I have important information that I could contribute to its contents or to contents of a future book.” The man went on to tell Talese a remarkable, shocking secret, so compelling that Talese traveled to Colorado to verify it in person. But because the letter-writer insisted on remaining anonymous, Talese filed his reporting away, certain the story would remain untold.

Over the next thirty-five years, the man occasionally reached out to Talese to fill him in on the latest developments in his life, but he continued to insist on anonymity. Finally, after thirty-five years, he’s ready to go public.

In the tradition of Thy Neighbor’s Wife, Talese’s landmark, best-selling exploration of the sexual revolution in America, this will be a provocative, eye-opening, and much-talked-about book.


Gay Talese was born in Ocean City, New Jersey, in 1932, to Italian immigrant parents. He attended the University of Alabama, and after graduating was hired as a copyboy at the New York Times. After a brief stint in the army, Talese returned to the New York Times in 1956. Since then he has written for numerous publications, including Esquire, the New Yorker, Newsweek, and Harper...

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  • lune
    洞察人性的独特视角,将性和性格加以联系反观性的意义。Gay Talese发现手稿中很多时间与事实不符,但经历大体是真实的,motel host对每次被偷窥者所作的总结,几十年算下来是巨大的工夫。reflection掩盖不了偷窥的事实,道德上应受惩罚,但"research"材料确实很珍贵。Gay Talese有诺兰感2017-03-01
  • Amos
    One of the most interesting books I’ve read!2021-11-09
  • 藍色爋期六
    将自己视为人类观察家,甚至与斯诺登相提并论,担得起“whistle-blower”美名的偷窥狂。见证美国性开放、媒介变革并批判如今government监控民众现象的自恋狂。满足欲望的过程中开拓了新的性视野,对人性产生怀疑。姑且不论是否变态,其收藏运动员卡片的爱好和五十年两段婚姻中只出过一次轨的坚定让人称奇。Gay Talese还是很会写,尤其结尾:偷窥者面对只剩一片废墟的自己的试验室,坦然告别,“I’ve seen enough.”2019-11-26

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