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CONTENTS

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Preface: A Christmas Greeting to The New Yorkers

Introduction: “EITHER COMPETENT OR HORRIBLE”

Chapter 1: “A LUDICROUS PASTIME”

Chapter 2: “INFATUATION WITH PINHEADS”

Chapter 3: “BOY, DO I LIKE TO HANDLE AUTHORS!”

Chapter 4: “MOST INSANELY MISCAST”

Chapter 5: “SOME VERY FUNNY PEOPLE”

Chapter 6: “AN OFFENSE TO THE EAR”

Chapter 7: “PRETTY GUMMY AT BEST”

Chapter 8: “A SILLY OCCUPATION FOR A GROWN MAN”

Chapter 9: “I AM A CHILD OF THE SUN”

Chapter 10: “ALWAYS POISON”

Chapter 11: “FLYING HIGH AND FAST”

Chapter 12: “THE MORAL CLIMATE IS AGAINST IT”

Chapter 13: “A LOT OF SUICIDAL ENTERPRISES”

Chapter 14: “WHOSE DAYS, IN ANY CASE, WERE NUMBERED”

Postscript

Acknowledgments

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Credits

Index