Bibliograph

Going into the city, portrait of a critic as a young man, Robert Christgau

Type

Label

Going into the city, portrait of a critic as a young man, Robert Christgau

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Going into the city

Oclc number

881139535

Responsibility statement

Robert Christgau

Sub title

portrait of a critic as a young man

Summary

The Dean of American Rock Critics, Robert Christgau takes us on a heady tour through his life and times in this atmospheric and visceral memoir that is both a love letter to a New York long past and a tribute to the transformative power of art

Table Of Contents

The eighty-hour week -- The two sides of Murray Street -- The wonderful world of Jews -- Nonconformism can be fun -- Vacillations -- American studies -- The high '60s -- Aftermath -- Like a horse and a carriage -- Four owners, six editors, one paper -- Bon bon vie

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