{"product_id":"headshots-lawrence-wright-9780593537817","title":"Headshots: Profiles, Essays, and Reflections","description":"\u003cb\u003eThirty never-before collected essays--many of them profiles--by the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Looming Tower\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Going Clear, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Plague Year\u003c\/i\u003e. These brilliant pieces reveal the broad spectrum of Wright's cultural and political observations over the past thirty five years\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning more than thirty five years of Lawrence Wright's reporting for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Rolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e and other magazines, these pieces remind us what a brilliant observer Wright has been of institutions, of political maneuverings, and of people\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003edangerous, eccentric, or beloved. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome of the essays included: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eORPHANS OF JONESTOWN (1993): A profile of Jim Jones' two sons. In 1978, when they left Jonestown to play in a basketball tournament, their father ordered the deaths of everyone they knew and loved, leaving them alone in a society uncomprehending of their experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA RAPIST'S HOMECOMING (1995): The ethical dilemma of a prison therapist, concerned that her patient\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eabout to be released\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003ecould attack again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA LIVING DOLL (1988): A very personal column. How the author relates to his 5-year-old daughter through her dolls and stuffed animals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTHE LIFE AND DEATH OF RICHARD BRAUTIGAN (1985): An incisive look at the 1960's and 1970's literary icon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCAPTURED ON FILM (2006): Dissident filmmakers in Syria. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSPACE CADET (1981): How a sanitary engineer combined her expertise and career with her love of space exploration and NASA. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTHE ELEPHANT IN THE COURTOOM (2022): Should animals have legal rights? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd many others: A profile of the great spitball pitcher, Gaylord Perry; a look at how a Pentecostal Texas cattle farmer and an orthodox rabbi from Jerusalem come together over the End of Days; a 2006 essays detailing an attack in Gaza that mirrors the tragedies occurring today; a profile of Jamaal Khashoggi; one of Jimmy Carter; and a group of essays that deal with Wright's life as a father. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is an important collection that will demand attention, and a stirring overview of an extraordinary career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence Wright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593537815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593537817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.13w x 1.03d","brand":"Lawrence Wright","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46747917418751,"sku":"9780593537817","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_00bae31e-25c8-4cf2-b413-b02263b4f4b7.jpg?v=1743585115","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/headshots-lawrence-wright-9780593537817","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}