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Fabulous Sylvester : The Legend, the Music, the Seventies in San Francisco by Joshua Gamson (2006, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPicador
ISBN-100312425694
ISBN-139780312425692
eBay Product ID (ePID)47842795
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Book TitleFabulous Sylvester : the Legend, the Music, the Seventies in San Francisco
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicComposers & Musicians, Popular Culture, Lgbt Studies / Gay Studies, Genres & Styles / Dance
IllustratorYes
GenreMusic, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorJoshua Gamson
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight13.8 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Reviews" The Fabulous Sylvester is a well written, touching, dignified biography of a gay, black diva who never really fit into any minority but managed to achieve his dreams of stardom. Now that's what I call a man."--John Waters "[A] superbly written, wildly entertaining, frequently hilarious, and finally bittersweet saga."-- Time Out New York "Delightful . . . I'm not sure I've ever read an account of a life that has so much sheer joy, raffishness, and humor on each page. . . . As fables go, this is a good one."-- Newsday "[Gamson's] prose is playful and furious . . . putting the singer's story into sociological context [and capturing] the astonishing scope of AIDS with grace and indignation."-- Entertainment Weekly, The Fabulous Sylvester is a well written, touching, dignified biography of a gay, black diva who never really fit into any minority but managed to achieve his dreams of stardom. Now that's what I call a man., ""The Fabulous Sylvester" is a well written, touching, dignified biography of a gay, black diva who never really fit into any minority but managed to achieve his dreams of stardom. Now that's what I call a man."--John Waters "[A] superbly written, wildly entertaining, frequently hilarious, and finally bittersweet saga."--"Time Out New York" "Delightful . . . I'm not sure I've ever read an account of a life that has so much sheer joy, raffishness, and humor on each page. . . . As fables go, this is a good one."--"Newsday" "[Gamson's] prose is playful and furious . . . putting the singer's story into sociological context [and capturing] the astonishing scope of AIDS with grace and indignation."--"Entertainment Weekly", [Gamson's] prose is playful and furious . . . putting the singer's story into sociological context [and capturing] the astonishing scope of AIDS with grace and indignation., Delightful . . . I'm not sure I've ever read an account of a life that has so much sheer joy, raffishness, and humor on each page. . . . As fables go, this is a good one., " The Fabulous Sylvester is a well written, touching, dignified biography of a gay, black diva who never really fit into any minority but managed to achieve his dreams of stardom. Now that's what I call a man." -- John Waters "[A] superbly written, wildly entertaining, frequently hilarious, and finally bittersweet saga." -- Time Out New York "Delightful . . . I'm not sure I've ever read an account of a life that has so much sheer joy, raffishness, and humor on each page. . . . As fables go, this is a good one." -- Newsday "[Gamson's] prose is playful and furious . . . putting the singer's story into sociological context [and capturing] the astonishing scope of AIDS with grace and indignation." -- Entertainment Weekly
SynopsisImagine a pied piper singing in falsetto, wearing sequins, and leading the young people of the nation to San Francisco and on to a liberation where nothing was straight-laced or old-fashioned. And everyone, finally, was welcome--to come as themselves. This is not a fairy tale. This was real, mighty real, and disco-sensation Sylvester was the piper. Yale-trained sociologist Joshua Gamson uses Sylvester's life to lead us through the story of the 1970s, when a generation took off its shame. Celebrity, sociology, and music history mingle in this endlessly entertaining story of a singer who embodied the freedom, spirit, and flamboyance of a golden moment in American culture., A journey back through the music, madness, and unparalleled freedom of an era of change--the '70s--as told through the life of a pied piper singing in a dazzling falsetto, wearing glittering sequins, and leading the young people of the nation to San Francisco.
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engaging & thoroughly enjoyable..so pleased w/ my purchase ...thank youVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
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