G. P. Putnam Sons, 1989, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, First

First Impression. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 447 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is fully intact, but has small holes or chips down flap edges and other signs of wear to top and bottom edges, corners etc. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and will be shipped within two business days. All items are tracked and details are available on request.. This study of the life of Irwin Shaw is the result of hundreds of interviews with people who knew Shaw, who was celebrated both for his talent as a writer and his colorful personality. Although he aspired to Princeton, Irwin Gilbert Shamforoff (aka Shaw) had to settle for local Brooklyn College, where he seems to have enjoyed football more than his studies. From his mid-20s, however, Shaw (1913-1984) was a highly regarded New Yorker short story writer ("The Girls in Their Summer Dresses") and left-wing playwright ( Bury the Dead ), and later became a successful Hollywood script writer and novelist ( The Young Lions ; Rich Man, Poor Man ). This sympathetic, objective biography, by a Vanity Fair contributing editor, convincingly shows how Shaw's career, character and fiction, influenced more by Hemingway's lifestyle than by his writing, were marked by incongruities. Far from abating with age, his romantic and alcoholic appetites overwhelmed him. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; United States; ISBN: 0399134433. ISBN/EAN: 9780399134432. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 5812.