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Zusatztext "Talese does not proselytize! he informs...Readable and thoroughly entertaining." Informationen zum Autor A former reporter for the New York Times , Gay Talese is a bestselling author who has written eleven books. He lives in New York City. Klappentext The provocative classic work newly updated An intimate personal odyssey across America's changing sexual landscape When first published, Gay Talese's 1981 groundbreaking work, Thy Neighbor's Wife, shocked a nation with its powerful, eye-opening revelations about the sexual activities and proclivities of the American public in the era before AIDS. A marvel of journalistic courage and craft, the book opened a window into a new world built on a new moral foundation, carrying the reader on a remarkable journey from the Playboy Mansion to the Supreme Court, to the backyards and bedrooms of suburbia?through the development of the porn industry, the rise of the "swinger" culture, the legal fight to define obscenity, and the daily sex lives of "ordinary" people. It is the book that forever changed the way Americans look at themselves and one another. Zusammenfassung The provocative classic work newly updated An intimate personal odyssey across America's changing sexual landscape When first published! Gay Talese's 1981 groundbreaking work! Thy Neighbor's Wife ! shocked a nation with its powerful! eye-opening revelations about the sexual activities and proclivities of the American public in the era before AIDS. A marvel of journalistic courage and craft! the book opened a window into a new world built on a new moral foundation! carrying the reader on a remarkable journey from the Playboy Mansion to the Supreme Court! to the backyards and bedrooms of suburbia—through the development of the porn industry! the rise of the "swinger" culture! the legal fight to define obscenity! and the daily sex lives of "ordinary" people. It is the book that forever changed the way Americans look at themselves and one another. ...
