# Frank Sinatra Has a Cold

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- Book: [Frank Sinatra Has a Cold](https://www.bookquiver.com/gay-talese/frank-sinatra-has-a-cold) ([Frank Sinatra Has a Cold.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/gay-talese/frank-sinatra-has-a-cold.md))
- Authors: [Gay Talese](https://www.bookquiver.com/gay-talese)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4119-416-5
- Published: 2011-03-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Gay Talese is the father of American New Journalism, who transformed traditional reportage with his vivid scene-setting, sharp observation and rich storytelling. His 1966 piece for Esquire , one of the most celebrated magazine articles ever published, describes a morose Frank Sinatra silently nursing a glass of bourbon, struck down with a cold and unable to sing, like 'Picasso without paint, Ferrari without fuel - only worse'. The other writings in this selection include a description of a meeting between two legends, Fidel Castro and Muhammad Ali; a brilliantly witty dissection of the offices of Vogue magazine; an account of travelling to Ireland with hellraiser Peter O'Toole; and a profile of fading baseball star Joe DiMaggio, which turns into a moving, immaculately-crafted meditation on celebrity.