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"""Mr. Gottlieb emerges as a kind of Zelig of American publishing. The most acclaimed editor of the second half of the 20th century, he seemed to have a hand in everything that mattered . . . An indispensable work of American publishing history, thick with instruction and soul and gossip of the higher sort."" --Dwight Garner, The New York Times on Avid Reader ""Delightful . . . The best editors' memoirs revive the magic without devolving into nostalgia . . . Avid Reader succeeds on both counts."" --Sarah Weinman, The New Republic on Avid Reader"

""Mr. Gottlieb emerges as a kind of Zelig of American publishing. The most acclaimed editor of the second half of the 20th century, he seemed to have a hand in everything that mattered . . . An indispensable work of American publishing history, thick with instruction and soul and gossip of the higher sort."" --Dwight Garner, The New York Times on Avid Reader ""Delightful . . . The best editors' memoirs revive the magic without devolving into nostalgia . . . Avid Reader succeeds on both counts."" --Sarah Weinman, The New Republic on Avid Reader

Mr. Gottlieb emerges as a kind of Zelig of American publishing. The most acclaimed editor of the second half of the 20th century, he seemed to have a hand in everything that mattered . . . An indispensable work of American publishing history, thick with instruction and soul and gossip of the higher sort. --Dwight Garner, The New York Times on Avid Reader Delightful . . . The best editors' memoirs revive the magic without devolving into nostalgia . . . Avid Reader succeeds on both counts. --Sarah Weinman, The New Republic on Avid Reader

Mr. Gottlieb emerges as a kind of Zelig of American publishing. The most acclaimed editor of the second half of the 20th century, he seemed to have a hand in everything that mattered . . . An indispensable work of American publishing history, thick with instruction and soul and gossip of the higher sort. --Dwight Garner, The New York Times on Avid Reader Delightful . . . The best editors' memoirs revive the magic without devolving into nostalgia . . . Avid Reader succeeds on both counts. --Sarah Weinman, The New Republic on Avid Reader

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Robert Gottlieb has been the editor in chief of Simon and Schuster; the president, publisher, and editor in chief of Alfred A. Knopf; and the editor of The New Yorker. As a writer, he contributes frequently to The New York Review of Books and is the author of Great Expectations: The Sons and Daughters of Charles Dickens, George Balanchine: The Ballet Maker, Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt, and, most recently, Avid Reader: A Life. In 2015, Gottlieb was presented the Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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