Another Life - by Michael Korda (Paperback)

About the Book

Shrewd, funny, and alarmingly frank, these memories of 40 years in book publishing contain brilliant portraits of famous writers, from Harold Robbins to Tennessee Williams, as well as celebrities, stars, and hitherto sacred publishing figures.

Book Synopsis

From world leaders to Mafia dons, from Hollywood stars to the literary world's most eccentric writers, the notable and notorious alike have entrusted their life's work to Simon & Schuster's preeminent editor, Michael Korda. In this masterful memoir, Korda reveals the unforgettable cast of characters and outrageous anecdotes behind four decades of blockbuster publishing, bringing us face-to-face with dozens of larger-than-life figures: Richard Nixon, who maintained his "presidential" persona long after his public life was over; Joan Crawford, whose autobiography reflected a life she would have liked to have lived but did not; Joseph Bonanno, the retired Mafia don who'd do anything to keep from being killed by the reviewers.

And in a revelatory account that reads as compulsively as fiction, Another Life paints a vivid picture of publishing's glitterati, including Jacqueline Susann, who liberated women's fiction--and terrorized a publishing house, and Tennessee Williams, who nourished his genius on four-course vodka lunches. A veritable Who's Who of stage, screen, and letters, Another Life is the deft interweaving of publishing at it most fascinating--and storytelling at its finest.

Review Quotes

"An astonishing saga...highly entertaining."
--Chicago Sun-Times

"A joy to read."
--The New York Times

"A delicious find...[Korda] knows how to tell a wonderful story....His prodigious memory of events, his love of the eccentric and his pure glee about being alive are so engaging that it's impossible not to like this book."
--The Washington Post Book World

"Richly entertaining...not just another insider's view of a supposedly glamorous industry, but a narrative in the style of some full-blooded novelist."
--Newsday

"A thoroughly entertaining read...You don't have to be in the publishing business--or even a New Yorker--to appreciate this witty memoir."
--The Wall Street Journal

About the Author

Michael Korda is the editor in chief of Simon & Schuster as well as the author of Charmed Lives, several bestselling novels, the number one bestseller Power!, and Man to Man. He lives with his wife, Margaret, in Dutchess County, New York.