The Fabulous Sylvester - by Joshua Gamson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A journey back through the music, madness, and unparalleled freedom of an era of change--the '70s--as told through the life of a pied piper singing in a dazzling falsetto, wearing glittering sequins, and leading the young people of the nation to San Francisco.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Imagine a pied piper singing in falsetto, wearing sequins, and leading the young people of the nation to San Francisco and on to a liberation where nothing was straight-laced or old-fashioned. And everyone, finally, was welcome--to come as themselves. This is not a fairy tale. This was real, mighty real, and disco-sensation Sylvester was the piper. <p/>Yale-trained sociologist Joshua Gamson uses Sylvester's life to lead us through the story of the 1970s, when a generation took off its shame. Celebrity, sociology, and music history mingle in this endlessly entertaining story of a singer who embodied the freedom, spirit, and flamboyance of a golden moment in American culture.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"<i>The Fabulous Sylvester</i> is a well written, touching, dignified biography of a gay, black diva who never really fit into any minority but managed to achieve his dreams of stardom. Now that's what I call a man." --<i>John Waters</i> <p/>"[A] superbly written, wildly entertaining, frequently hilarious, and finally bittersweet saga." --<i>Time Out New York</i> <p/>"Delightful . . . I'm not sure I've ever read an account of a life that has so much sheer joy, raffishness, and humor on each page. . . . As fables go, this is a good one." --<i>Newsday</i> <p/>"[Gamson's] prose is playful and furious . . . putting the singer's story into sociological context [and capturing] the astonishing scope of AIDS with grace and indignation." --<i>Entertainment Weekly</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Joshua Gamson</b> teaches at the University of San Francisco. He is the author of <i>Freaks Talk Back: Tabloid Talk Shows and Sexual Nonconformity</i> and <i>Claims to Fame: Celebrity in Contemporary America</i>. He lives in Oakland, California.</p>
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