At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf

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At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf

â€œIâ€™ve got the name for our publishing operation. We just said we were going to publish a few books on the side at random. Letâ€™s call it Random House.â€ So recounts Bennett Cerf in this wonderfully amusing memoir of the making of a great publishing house. An incomparable raconteur, possessed of an irrepressible wit and an abiding love of books and authors, Cerf brilliantly evokes the heady days of Random Houseâ€™s first decades.

Part of the vanguard of young New York publishers who revolutionized the book business in the 1920s and â€™30s, Cerf helped usher in publishingâ€™s golden age. Cerf was a true personality, whose other pursuits (columnist, anthologist, author, lecturer, radio host, collector of jokes and anecdotes, perennial judge of the Miss America pageant, and panelist on Whatâ€™s My Line?) helped shape his reputation as a man of boundless energy and enthusiasm and brought unprecedented attention to his company and to his authors. At once a rare behind-the-scenes account of book publishing and a fascinating portrait of four decadesâ€™ worth of legendary authors, from James Joyce and William Faulkner to Ralph Ellison and Eudora Welty, At Random is a feast for bibliophiles and anyone whoâ€™s ever wondered what goes on inside a publishing house.
Country USA
Brand Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer Random House Trade Paperbacks
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 50044
Color Grey
ReleaseDate 2002-03-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780375759765

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	50044
Color	Grey
ReleaseDate	2002-03-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780375759765

At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf

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