Going into the city : portrait of a critic as a young man / Robert Christgau.

One of our great essayists and journalists--the Dean of American Rock Critics, Robert Christgau--takes us on a heady tour through his life and times in this vividly 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. Li...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christgau, Robert (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow Publishers, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Christgau, Robert.
Music critics > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Journalists > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
New York (N.Y.) > Biography.
Autobiographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:367 pages ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Portrait of a critic as a young man.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The eighty-hour week
  • The two sides of Murry 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.