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Author Epstein, Joseph, 1937-

Title Gossip : the untrivial pursuit / Joseph Epstein
Published Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011

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Description xiii, 242 pages ; 22 cm
Contents Pt. 1. Private gossip. How it works ; Feasible, uncheckable, deeply damning ; When is it all right to gossip? ; In the know ; Great gossips of the western world I ; The truth defense ; The gossip transaction ; Need gossip be trivial? ; Pure speculation -- Pt. 2. Public gossip. Gossip goes public ; Gossip in center ring ; Shooting at celebrities ; Great gossips of the western world II ; Antedeluvian gossip ; Literary gossip ; Gay gossip ; Great gossips of the western world III -- Pt. 3. Private becomes public ; Caught in the net ; Whores of information ; Snooping and scooping : great gossips of the western world IV ; Too much even of Kreplach
Summary A juicy, incisive exploration of gossip in all its forms--from celebrity rumors to literary "romans a clef," from personal sniping to political slander
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-223) and index
Subject Gossip.
LC no. 2010049804
ISBN 9780618721948 hardcover
0618721940 hardcover