Gross’ latest book,Flight of the WASP: The Rise, Fall, and Future of America’s Original Ruling Class,was published by Atlantic Monthly Press in November 2023.His next book, a history of the Caribbean island of St. Barthelemy, will be published in 2025 by Harper Books at HarperCollins. ...
“Goldman’s shopping cart invention has been described by his biographer and others as the greatest development in the history of merchandising,” The Oklahoman wrote in its obituary the following day. “Goldman used the fortune he amassed from the cart and from a retail food chain to launch ...
and as wagstaffe admits, “when kremen dies, cohen’s name will be in his obituary. they are linked for the ages.” kremen is well aware of this. indeed, within hours of cohen’s arrest, kremen said he fully expected to pick up a ringing phone and find cohen on the other end, c...
He had already been on his way; had composed his own obituary. Then into nothing. Just a hopeful sleep amidst pure love. I was lost, but I went off to college anyway. I had to escape the rat trap. Small town cabin fever. But I didn’t go to class. Just hung out. Smoked ...
It’s the same book that a New York Times reviewer called “sharp-clawed [yet…] honestly admiring,” but it’s been updated with a new Afterword. In the original, “Gross summed up Lauren by saying that the things which made him a success like obsessiveness and control were ‘negative ...
house for good reason. aggrieved victims of his frauds, marshals, process servers and investigators regularly rang the bell. boydston wasn’t allowed to answer the door or the phone. when a process server got past boydston one day, cohen pushed the woman down a spiral staircase and then ...
and as wagstaffe admits, “when kremen dies, cohen’s name will be in his obituary. they are linked for the ages.” kremen is well aware of this. indeed, within hours of cohen’s arrest, kremen said he fully expected to pick up a ringing phone and find cohen on the other end, ...
Michael Gross The Italian government has concludedan agreementfor the return of 40 antiquities from the Getty museum in Los Angeles, the latest coup in its crusade to recover what it deems Italy’s cultural patrimony. The Metropolitan Museum made a similar deal last year. The blog Looting Histor...
Michael Gross This week’s terrific New York Magazineprofileof Balathazar/Pastis/Morandi impresarioKeith McNally–which includes an account of his breakup with his once-upon-a-time partner in London’s Balthazar, the former garmentoRichard Caring, reminded me of my 2015 Departures (R.I.P.)story...
and as wagstaffe admits, “when kremen dies, cohen’s name will be in his obituary. they are linked for the ages.” kremen is well aware of this. indeed, within hours of cohen’s arrest, kremen said he fully expected to pick up a ringing phone and find cohen on the other end, ...