Reviews
The 1920s' distinctive cultural creation, the celebrity, is the real star of this gallery of famous New Yorkers. . . . Take Fanny Brice, then a popular comedienne. She was the inspiration for the hit musical and 1968 movie Funny Girl . . . . Others are novelist Anita Loos ( Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ), mobster Lucky Luciano ( The Godfather ), and a Harlem nightclub ( The Cotton Club ). . . . Also including figures from journalism, prostitution, politics, music, and dance, Wallace's tome recalls the fizz and biz of 1920s publicity. — Booklist "...a great summer read." - BoweryBoys.com, The 1920s' distinctive cultural creation, the celebrity, is the real star of this gallery of famous New Yorkers. . . . Take Fanny Brice, then a popular comedienne. She was the inspiration for the hit musical and 1968 movie Funny Girl . . . . Others are novelist Anita Loos ( Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ), mobster Lucky Luciano ( The Godfather ), and a Harlem nightclub ( The Cotton Club ). . . . Also including figures from journalism, prostitution, politics, music, and dance, Wallace's tome recalls the fizz and biz of 1920s publicity. — Booklist, "The 1920s' distinctive cultural creation, the celebrity, is the real star of this gallery of famous New Yorkers. . . . Take Fanny Brice, then a popular comedienne. She was the inspiration for the hit musical and 1968 movie Funny Girl . . . . Others are novelist Anita Loos ( Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ), mobster Lucky Luciano ( The Godfather ), and a Harlem nightclub ( The Cotton Club ). . . . Also including figures from journalism, prostitution, politics, music, and dance, Wallace's tome recalls the fizz and biz of 1920s publicity." - Booklist "...a great summer read." - BoweryBoys.com "...compelling and appealing.... [an] engaging recounting of the era as personified by some of its most colorful characters." -Sam Roberts, The New York Times
