Vanity Fair's Writers on Writers
- ISBN-10
- 0143111760
- ISBN-13
- 9780143111764
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 424
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Graydon Carter
Description
Offers essays from Vanity Fair writers on specific authors, explaining their influence on other writers and the culture at large.
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