简介
One part intellectual and one part private eye, Ron Rosenbaum takes readers into "the secret parts" of the great mysteries, controversies, and enigmas of our time, including:the occult rituals of Skull and Bones, the legendary Yale secret society that has produced spies and presidents, including George Bush and George W. Bush.the Secrets of the Little Blue Box, the classic story of "Captain Crunch" and the birth of hacker culture.the "unorthodox" cancer-cure clinics of Tijuana.the Great Ivy League Nude Posture Photo Scandal.the unsolved murder of JFK's mistress.Also including sharp, funny cultural critiques that range from Elvis to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Bill Gates to Oliver Stone, and J.D. Salinger to the Zagat? guide, The Secret Parts of Fortuneis a vital record of American culture.
目录
Foreword
Introduction: Ancient Mariners and Airport Motels
The Seventies
Dream Dancing p. 3
Secrets of the Little Blue Box p. 13
Inside the Canned Laughter War p. 42
The Subterranean World of the Bomb p. 51
Of a Fire at the Billy Rose p. 89
Dead Ringers p. 97
Troy Donahue Was Always Just Like He Is p. 118
A Killing in Camelot p. 125
Chariots of the Insurance Salesmen p. 144
The Last Secrets of Skull and Bones p. 155
The Corpse as Big as the Ritz p. 173
Whipple's Last Squeeze p. 209
The Eighties
The Connoisseur of Scoundrels p. 227
God's Fillin' Teeth! p. 243
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead p. 253
The Frantic Screaming Voice of the Rich and Famous p. 268
The Passions of Mario Cuomo p. 282
Tales from the Cancer Cure Underground p. 298
Oswald's Ghost p. 330
Link Founding Father to Sleaze King p. 360
Back on the Watergate Case with Inspector RN p. 369
Jack Nicholson: The Devil and the Details p. 384
Henry: Portrait of a Serial-Killer Hoax p. 397
The Nineties and After
The Great Ivy League Nude Posture Photo Scandal p. 427
The Riddle of the Scrolls p. 441
In the Nabokov Archives p. 467
Mr. Bill's House of Horror (Bill Gates) p. 477
Fear and Loathing in the Zagat Guide p. 480
My Theater Problem - and Ours p. 485
The Emperor's New Logo (Lucent) p. 490
Chaplin and Benigni: The Arrogance of Clowns p. 494
Kim Philby: The Spy Who Created the Cold p. 501
The Strange Death of Danny Casolaro p. 529
To the Shores of Light - Or, My First Latin Lesson p. 555
Much Ado about "Nothing" in Two New Translations of Genesis p. 560
Floored by Dickens and Dombey p. 568
An Ode to Helen Vendler, Goddess of Keats's "Autumn" p. 576
Hart Crane's Hieroglyphs: The Unmentionable Truth p. 581
Dr. Borges and Dr. Ron Solve the Problem of Memory and Regret p. 583
The Catcher in the Driveway p. 593
Long Island, Babylon p. 612
The Pissing Contest: Oliver Stone versus Quentin Tarantino p. 631
Charles Portis and the Locked Trunk Secret p. 637
Is Thomas Pynchon "Wanda Tinasky"? p. 643
Ecstatic Mortification: The Self-loathing Spirituality of Martin Amis p. 648
The Hidden History in Ben Hecht's Suitcase p. 653
A (Modest) Proposal to Rosanne Cash p. 661
Elvis, Healer p. 666
Victims of The Dance p. 687
The Unbearable Sadness of Tear Gas p. 692
Spiritual Lessons from L. A. p. 697
Stumpy versus Lucille: The Great Pet Debate p. 702
Explaining Hitler p. 711
Singer's Shadows: Footnotes to Hitler p. 741
Explaining Pharaoh p. 754
This "Rarest Dream": The Final Affirmation of Shakespearean Romance p. 757
Sources p. 761
Acknowledgments p. 765
Index p. 769
Introduction: Ancient Mariners and Airport Motels
The Seventies
Dream Dancing p. 3
Secrets of the Little Blue Box p. 13
Inside the Canned Laughter War p. 42
The Subterranean World of the Bomb p. 51
Of a Fire at the Billy Rose p. 89
Dead Ringers p. 97
Troy Donahue Was Always Just Like He Is p. 118
A Killing in Camelot p. 125
Chariots of the Insurance Salesmen p. 144
The Last Secrets of Skull and Bones p. 155
The Corpse as Big as the Ritz p. 173
Whipple's Last Squeeze p. 209
The Eighties
The Connoisseur of Scoundrels p. 227
God's Fillin' Teeth! p. 243
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead p. 253
The Frantic Screaming Voice of the Rich and Famous p. 268
The Passions of Mario Cuomo p. 282
Tales from the Cancer Cure Underground p. 298
Oswald's Ghost p. 330
Link Founding Father to Sleaze King p. 360
Back on the Watergate Case with Inspector RN p. 369
Jack Nicholson: The Devil and the Details p. 384
Henry: Portrait of a Serial-Killer Hoax p. 397
The Nineties and After
The Great Ivy League Nude Posture Photo Scandal p. 427
The Riddle of the Scrolls p. 441
In the Nabokov Archives p. 467
Mr. Bill's House of Horror (Bill Gates) p. 477
Fear and Loathing in the Zagat Guide p. 480
My Theater Problem - and Ours p. 485
The Emperor's New Logo (Lucent) p. 490
Chaplin and Benigni: The Arrogance of Clowns p. 494
Kim Philby: The Spy Who Created the Cold p. 501
The Strange Death of Danny Casolaro p. 529
To the Shores of Light - Or, My First Latin Lesson p. 555
Much Ado about "Nothing" in Two New Translations of Genesis p. 560
Floored by Dickens and Dombey p. 568
An Ode to Helen Vendler, Goddess of Keats's "Autumn" p. 576
Hart Crane's Hieroglyphs: The Unmentionable Truth p. 581
Dr. Borges and Dr. Ron Solve the Problem of Memory and Regret p. 583
The Catcher in the Driveway p. 593
Long Island, Babylon p. 612
The Pissing Contest: Oliver Stone versus Quentin Tarantino p. 631
Charles Portis and the Locked Trunk Secret p. 637
Is Thomas Pynchon "Wanda Tinasky"? p. 643
Ecstatic Mortification: The Self-loathing Spirituality of Martin Amis p. 648
The Hidden History in Ben Hecht's Suitcase p. 653
A (Modest) Proposal to Rosanne Cash p. 661
Elvis, Healer p. 666
Victims of The Dance p. 687
The Unbearable Sadness of Tear Gas p. 692
Spiritual Lessons from L. A. p. 697
Stumpy versus Lucille: The Great Pet Debate p. 702
Explaining Hitler p. 711
Singer's Shadows: Footnotes to Hitler p. 741
Explaining Pharaoh p. 754
This "Rarest Dream": The Final Affirmation of Shakespearean Romance p. 757
Sources p. 761
Acknowledgments p. 765
Index p. 769
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