Another Life: A Memoir of Other People (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780385335072)

From world leaders to Mafia dons, from Hollywood stars to the literary world's most eccentric writers, the notable and notorious alike have entrusted their life's work to Simon & Schuster's preeminent editor, Michael Korda. In this masterful memoir, Korda reveals the unforgettable cast of characters and outrageous anecdotes behind four decades of blockbuster publishing, bringing us face-to-face with dozens of larger-than-life figures: Richard Nixon, who maintained his "presidential" persona long after his public life was over; Joan Crawford, whose autobiography reflected a life she would have liked to have lived but did not; Joseph Bonanno, the retired Mafia don who'd do anything to keep from being killed by the reviewers.

And in a revelatory account that reads as compulsively as fiction, Another Life paints a vivid picture of publishing's glitterati, including Jacqueline Susann, who liberated women's fiction--and terrorized a publishing house, and Tennessee Williams, who nourished his genius on four-course vodka lunches. A veritable Who's Who of stage, screen, and letters, Another Life is the deft interweaving of publishing at it most fascinating--and storytelling at its finest.

Author: Michael Korda
ISBN-10: 0385335075
ISBN-13: 9780385335072
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 05/09/2000
Pages: 544
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 9.17h x 6.08w x 1.17d

Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 05/26/2000 pg. 65
New York Times 06/11/2000 pg. 36
Business Week 07/03/2000 pg. 20