"As I write this, The New Yorker is dead."Renata Adler'sGone: The Last Days of The New Yorker (1999) is in no way to be confused with Gigi Mahon'sThe Last Days of The New Yorker (1988), which bears a strikingly similar title. For many years, Adler and Pauline Kael alternated film criticism duties at The New Yorker, each taking a six month interval. Later, in 1980, Adler published a blistering review of Kael's work in The New York Review of Books.
Five years ago, a signed copy of Gone was sold on the auction site eBay. It's time we had a look at it:
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| Renata Adler eBay Listing Ended February 4, 2016 |
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