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Men, Music, and Mirth
Men, Music, and Mirth
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It is difficult to categorize Men, Music, and Mirth because it is an amalgamation of several genres: personal memoir, travel adventures, commentary and, above all, a love story and an intimate family saga with the warmth, insight, and pathos of a novel. It is a sentimental journey through the American century. It includes opinions and observations formed by the old America and nostalgia for the civilized rectitude of the era. It is also a plea for Americans to believe that whatever its shortcomings, America continues to be a refuge for the world.
Heavy subjects of moral complexity, including schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s, are infused with lightness. It is a wonderfully frank and engaging look at one family’s triumphs and tragedies.
The book is full of cameo appearances and vignettes of a wide range of characters from Buffalo Bill to Karl Lagerfeld and dozens of celebrities from the golden age of Hollywood, along with Wharton-esque glimpses of the period.
Heavy subjects of moral complexity, including schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s, are infused with lightness. It is a wonderfully frank and engaging look at one family’s triumphs and tragedies.
The book is full of cameo appearances and vignettes of a wide range of characters from Buffalo Bill to Karl Lagerfeld and dozens of celebrities from the golden age of Hollywood, along with Wharton-esque glimpses of the period.
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