1967 Robert Daley THE WHOLE TRUTH New York Newspaper Journalism Scarce HC DJ 1st

Description: Title: The Whole Truth A Novel Author: Robert Daley Publisher: New American Library (1967) Description:A veiled version of what goes on at a paper based upon The New York Times or NY Herald Tribune. Scarce first printing of a book by Robert Daley who would go on to write classics such as The Prince of The City and Year of the Dragon. The brilliantly rendered background of this novel is Paris. The time, the climactic months of the French Algerian crisis. Yet in a sense, this story could have been set in any crisis spot, at any time, in recent years. For its focus is upon the newspaper world that shapes our information—and much of our lives. Specifically it is about a great New York newspaper and the men who serve in its foreign bureaus. Men who are captives of the relentless deadline, the ceaseless struggle for front-page space, the pace that can numb, corrupt, destroy. The title sounds the ironic keynote of the narrative. "The Whole Truth" is the motto on the masthead of the paper that has sent young Walter Ard to Paris. Ard fervently believes in it and in the calling he has chosen. But he has yet to discover just what "the whole truth" is. The truth is Paul Pettibon, Paris bureau chief, Pulitzer Prize winner, intimate of the great and near great, now desperately shamming supreme knowledgeability in a city he barely knows as he fights to save both his marriage and his standing in the profession that has become his life—and his pride. The truth is women such as Faye,Pettibon’s wife, whose love has lost out to the morning edition once too often; Wille A. Plunkett, bewitched by the excitement of the journalistic world, determined to have an affair with Pettibon or Ard (she does very much care which); and Christiane, embodying all the loveliness that is Paris, and all that Walter Ard must forsake if he is pursue his career. It is men who hold the fate of stories—and other men—in their hands each day: Sid Rack, head of the paper’s European syndicate, blundering through Paris like a bull...and back in New York, foreign editor Sol Kumfuss, who loves the paper and its traditions, and his replacement, Jack Banglehorster, whose only gods are hard news and himself. The truth is news often written more because the correspondent has to write something than because there is something to writes It is the many men who write, do not writes or cannot write—the whole truth. The author, himself a former foreign correspondent, has written a novel of intimate knowledge and searching honesty. In true, cuttingly satiric and deeply moving, he strips from journalism its trenchcoat glamour even as he pays heartfelt tribute to the special greatness the profession can attain. In an age when the daily paper has become; a kind of modern Bible, THE WHOLE TRUTH is superbly readable, engrosssingly relevant. Condition:Book is very good with age wear. See all photos. Dustjacket is worn with edgewear, tears and chips and a piece of tape on inside of cover. See photos. Details:hardcover 1967 first printing, 409 pagesNew American Library Terms (payment, shipping, tax, returns, feedback, etc.) Please read before buying U.S. bidders only Payment Please pay within 48 hours of winning. eBay managed payments Shipping Shipping will be $6.50 and will be shipped USPS media mail with tracking. We may upgrade your package at our discretion to USPS Ground Advantage. Package will be shipped within 4 business days after payment - usually faster. The USPS can be notoriously slow, it could take 2-3 weeks for delivery. Please take that into account when leaving feedback, that we will ship quickly, but the USPS can take a long time to deliver, and we have no control over delivery time. Why Shipping Costs Are What They Are: eBay users may note that postal rates increased AGAIN on July 14, 2024. 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