{"product_id":"pal-joey-the-novel-and-the-libretto-and-lyrics-paperback","title":"Pal Joey: The Novel and The Libretto and Lyrics - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn O'Hara\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLorenz Hart\u003c\/b\u003e (Lyricist), \u003cb\u003eRichard Rodgers\u003c\/b\u003e (Lyricist)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor its 75th anniversary and Frank Sinatra's centennial: the Jazz Age masterpiece that inspired the iconic Sinatra film and the hit Broadway musical, and featuring the musical's libretto and lyrics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On the seedy side of Chicago nightlife in the 1930s, Joey Evans is a poor man's Bing Crosby--a big-talking, small-time nightclub crooner down on his luck but always on the make. In slangy, error-littered letters signed \"Pal Joey,\" he recounts his exploits with brash nightclub managers, shady business partners, and every pretty girl (\"mouse\") he meets. Charismatic yet conniving, Pal Joey is a smooth operator whose bravado and big ideas disguise a far less self-assured soul, caught up in the rags-to-riches dream of the Jazz Age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally serialized in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and the inspiration for the 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical of the same name and the 1957 film starring Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, and Rita Hayworth, \u003ci\u003ePal Joey \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of a true \"heel,\" as complex and memorable as any antihero in American literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn O'Hara\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(1905-1970) was one of the most prominent American writers of the twentieth century. Championed by Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Dorothy Parker, he wrote seventeen novels, including \u003ci\u003eAppointment in Samarra\u003c\/i\u003e, his first; \u003ci\u003eBUtterfield 8\u003c\/i\u003e, which was made into a film starring Elizabeth Taylor; \u003ci\u003ePal Joey\u003c\/i\u003e, which was adapted into a Broadway musical as well as a film starring Frank Sinatra; and \u003ci\u003eTen North Frederick\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Award. He has had more stories published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e than anyone else in the history of the magazine. Born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, he lived for many years in New York and in Princeton, New Jersey, where he died. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLorenz Hart\u003c\/b\u003e (1895-1943) was an acclaimed lyricist best known for his collaborations with Richard Rodgers on a number of Broadway scores. His many hit songs with Rodgers include \"Blue Moon,\" \"My Funny Valentine,\" and, for \u003ci\u003ePal Joey, \u003c\/i\u003e \"Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered\" and \"I Could Write a Book.\" Born in Harlem, Hart spent his life in New York City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e Richard Rodgers\u003c\/b\u003e (1902-1979) was one of the most influential composers in Broadway history. A longtime collaborator with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II, he wrote more than forty musicals, including \u003ci\u003eSouth Pacific\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The King and I\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Music, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOklahoma!\u003c\/i\u003e He was the first person to win all the major awards in his field--a Grammy, an Emmy, an Oscar, a Tony, and a Pulitzer Prize--and, along with Hammerstein, was named one the twenty most influential artists of the twentieth century by \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine and CBS News. Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre was dedicated to him in 1990. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Mallon \u003c\/b\u003e(foreword) is the author of numerous novels, including \u003ci\u003eFinale: A Novel of the Reagan Years \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Watergate\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award. The recipient of Guggenheim and Rockefeller fellowships, as well as the National Book Critics Circle Award for reviewing and the Vursell prize of the American Academy of Arts and Letters for distinguished prose style, he has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHe is a professor of English at George Washington University.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 12, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52580144808243,"sku":"9780143107750","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/AdrqsrMfJu9780143107750.webp?v=1761504834","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/pal-joey-the-novel-and-the-libretto-and-lyrics-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}