num_pages: 704
description: Hailed as the most important and entertaining biography in recent memory, Gabler's account of the life of fast-talking gossip columnist and radio broadcaster Walter Winchell "fuses meticulous research with a deft grasp of the cultural nuances of an era when virtually everyone who mattered paid homage to Winchell" (Time). of photos.
language: English
title: Winchell: Gossip, Power, and the Culture of Celebrity
titlecomplete: Winchell: Gossip, Power, and the Culture of Celebrity
genres: History, World War II, Biography Memoir, Biography, Journalism, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 204
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Biography/Autobiography
publisher: Vintage