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  • Bibliography:
    7 Books
  • First Book:
    August 1978
  • Latest Book:
    September 2021
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Book List in Order: 7 titles



  • A classic masterwork newly updatedThe electrifying true story of the rise and fall of New York's notorious Bonanno crime familyOn New York's Park Avenue on a rainy Tuesday night in October 1964, the famous Mafia chieftain Joseph Bonanno was kidnapped...



  • "Fascinating . . . Poignant." The Wall Street Journal

    In this extraordinary work of insight and interviews, bestselling author Gay Talese shares with us the lives of those we don't know and those we might wish we did: Frank Sinatra, Joe DiMagg...



  • "An Italian ROOTS." -- The Washington Post Book WorldAt long last, Gay Talese, one of America's greatest living authors, employs his prodigious storytelling gifts to tell the saga of his own family's emigration to America from Italy in the years pre...







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    “Beautifully documented . . . no less than a landmark in the field of writing and journalism.” -- The Nation“Fascinating . . . Seldom has anyone been so successful in making a newspaper come alive as a human institution.” -- The New York Time...



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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Gay Talese has published 7 books.

Gay Talese does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Gay Talese Reader, was published in September 2021.

The first book by Gay Talese, Honor Thy Father, was published in August 1978.

No. Gay Talese does not write books in series.