{"product_id":"the-lede-9780593596449","title":"The Lede","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER • A fascinating portrait of journalism and the people who make it, told through pieces collected from the incomparable six-decade career of bestselling author and longtime \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003ewriter Calvin Trillin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Lede\u003c\/i\u003e contains profiles . . . that are acknowledged classics of the form and will be studied until A.I. makes hash out of all of us.”—Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI’ve been writing about the press almost as long as I’ve been in the game. At some point, it occurred to me that disparate pieces from various places in various styles amounted to a picture from multiple angles of what the press has been like over the years since I became a practitioner and an observer.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCalvin Trillin has reported serious pieces across America for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, covered the civil rights movement in the South for \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, and written comic verse for \u003ci\u003eThe Nat\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525884059991,"sku":"9780593596449","price":24.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780593596449.jpg?v=1731862078","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-lede-9780593596449","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}