THY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE by Gay Talese; Doubleday; 568pages; $14.95
With bestsellers on the New York Times (The Kingdom and the Power) and the Mafia (Honor Thy Father) to his credit, Author Gay Talese felt ready to tackle a really big subject for his next book. In 1971 he noticed a massage parlor near one of his favorite bars on Manhattan's East Side. Instead of saying "There goes the neighborhood," he decided that something was up, perhaps nothing less than "the redefinition of morality in America." An indefatigable reporter, Talese plunged into the world of...
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