CAST OF CHARACTERS

The professional and personal lives of the pioneers of an enduring magazine.From its birth in 1925 to the present day, The New Yorke r has been the countrys most prestigious, entertaining, and informative general-interest periodical. In Cast of Characters, Thomas Vinciguerra revisits the early years of that creative cauldron. At the heart of the narrative is the largely forgotten life of Wolco tt Gibbs, the magazines theater critic and all-around wit, author of an infamous 1936 parody of Time magazine. Around him swirled a legendary ...[Read more]