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Book SynopsisA glimpse of post-war France through the eyes and words of 14 (mostly) expatriate journalists including Mavis Gallant, James Baldwin, A.J. Liebling, S.N. Behrman, Luc Sante, Joseph Mitchell, and Lillian Ross; plus, portraits of their editors William Shawn and New Yorker founder Harold Ross. Together: they invented modern magazine journalism. Includes an introductory interview by Susan Morrison with Anderson about transforming fact into a fiction and the creation of his homage to these exceptional reporters.
Trade ReviewFor anyone hoping to truly appreciate The French Dispatch, An Editor's Burial should be required reading... another of Wes Anderson's impeccably curated confections, designed to make you laugh, cry, and smile wryly * Frenchly *
Table of ContentsContents
The Pilot Light 7
A conversation between Wes Anderson and Susan Morrison The Years with Ross 25
JAMES THURBER
Here at The New Yorker 42
BRENDAN GILL
The Other Paris 54
LUC SANTE
Thirty-two Rats from Casablanca 81
JOSEPH MITCHELL
Mr. Hulot 103
LILLIAN ROSS
Remembering Mr. Shawn 107
VED MEHTA
The Days of Duveen 129
S.M. BEHRMAN
Art Talker 166
CALVIN TOMKINS
The Events in May: A Paris Notebook Part I 170
MAVIS GALLANT
Dearest Edith 229
JANET FLANNER
Equal in Paris 239
JAMES BALDWIN
Memoirs of a Feeder in France: A Good Appetite 261
A.J. LIEBLING
Memoirs of a Feeder in France: Just Enough Money 285
A.J. LIEBLING
Wolcott Gibbs 307
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Harold Ross: A Recollection 310
S.M. BEHRMAN
H.W. Ross 318
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Letters from
The New Yorker Archives 323
Acknowledgments 351
