“The four horsemen of the magazine apocalypse,” as Brown calls it. Most of “Dilettante” is about a distinct golden age, a dishy valentine to both Manhattan and magazines, how they were created, how they were sold. (Maybe “verboten” was verboten, too. Part lament, part paean, this memoir joins the ranks of great zeitgeisty New York memoirs. “New York the place, New York the idea,” as Brown puts it.

Source: thestar April 01, 2022 01:02 UTC