George, being George
Subtitle: George Plimpton's life as told, admired, deplored, and envied by 200 friends, relatives, lovers, acquaintances, rivals-- and a few unappreciative observers
By: edited by Nelson W. Aldrich, Jr
Edition: 2009 Random House trade pbk. ed.
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780812974188
Subjects: American Authors; Biography; Editors; Journalists
Notes: Originally published: New York : Random House, 2008.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : a plausible metaphor; title: George's storied background; title: Sightings of George at school : 1934-1952; title: Creation myths of The Paris review : 1952-1955; title: Mounting celebrity : 1955-1963; title: George agog : 1963-1973; title: Puss and Mister Puss : 1973-1983; title: George is George to the end : 1983-2003; title: Epilogue : blessed George, who could bless.