Mr. Personality : Profiles and Talk Pieces from the New Yorker

by Singer, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780618197262
• ISBN10: 0618197265
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-12
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Summary

A superb collection, Mr. Personality brings together the best of Mark Singer's profiles and "Talk of the Town" pieces from The New Yorker (19771989). In these thirty-three witty and offbeat pieces, Singer presents a slice of New York and its citizens in a way that only he can. From prolific filmmaker Errol Morris and a family of superintendents to one of the last great zipper-fixers, a court buff in Brooklyn, and Mr. Personality himself, these remarkable portraits offer something for every reader.

Author Biography

Mark Singer has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1974. He is the author of Funny Money, Mr. Personality, Citizen K, and Somewhere in America. He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Talk Pieces
Yabba-Yabba, Doodle-Doodle	p. 5
With Leo	p. 8
Jerome's Bus	p. 14
Mr. Personality	p. 18
Approachable	p. 23
The Rooster	p. 27
Not Strictly All Business	p. 31
Rafting-Up	p. 36
No Fooling Around	p. 39
Violations	p. 43
Destiny	p. 46
The Gorilla	p. 50
Melnikoff's	p. 54
Screened	p. 58
Luxury	p. 62
Zipper Man	p. 66
Idea	p. 71
Pigeon Mumblers	p. 74
Tomato Bob	p. 80
Effects	p. 84
Avenue P	p. 88
Museum	p. 91
Positions Available	p. 95
Sharp	p. 100
King of All Kings	p. 106
Profiles
Benjamin Shine: Court Buff	p. 115
Sam Cohn: Professional Doppelganger	p. 144
Goodman Ace: Words Fool Me	p. 182
Brennan Brothers: Supers	p. 220
Rubin Levine: Winging It	p. 261
Gordon Manning: The Initiator	p. 287
Graham Arader: Wall Power	p. 318
Errol Morris: Predilections	p. 362
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