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Joseph Epstein
JOSEPH EPSTEIN is the author of the best-selling Snobbery and of Friendship, as well as the short story collections The Goldin Boys and Fabulous Small Jews, among other books, and was formerly editor of the American Scholar. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, the Atlantic... show more



JOSEPH EPSTEIN is the author of the best-selling Snobbery and of Friendship, as well as the short story collections The Goldin Boys and Fabulous Small Jews, among other books, and was formerly editor of the American Scholar. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, the Atlantic Monthly, and other magazines.

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Amanda's Bookshelf
Amanda's Bookshelf rated it 16 years ago
I love Fred Astaire, so I did like all the information I got from this book, even if it wasn't all that new to me -- Fred Astaire as an icon is just that fascinating to me.However, I didn't really enjoy the writing style or tone. The biographer's presence was really there at times, which I find rath...
Book Addled
Book Addled rated it 56 years ago
Epstein's writing drips with snobbery. Rather than "deliciously readable"" as one blurb promised
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