Character Studies: Encounters with the Curiously Obsessed

by Mark Singer

Book Overview

"For thirty years, Singer's been MVP at The New Yorker . . . searching the country for superslices of Americana," praised Entertainment Weekly upon the publication of Singer's previous book, Somewhere... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618197257
• ISBN13: 9780618197255
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Interesting, far-out people

This is Singers collection of profiles previously published in the New Yorker over the years. Each person or group has an obsession. The Pancho Villa people in Texas, The farm produce people in S. Calif., Donald Trump, Ricky Jay the illusionist, the National Tom Mix Festival people, Sara the new-age modern mommy and Martin Scorsese the film director. It was interesting. You'll like it.

Obsessed People of Interest...

I was especially interested in the first two accounts: obsessed Ricky Jay, illusionist extraordinaire, and "The Donald" (Trump, of course!) A real inside look at these interesting men. And the author is related by marriage to the culinary expert Alice Waters. I always enjoy broadening my horizons by reading well-written essays.