Saul Austerlitz: 4 books
Just a Shot Away
Peace, Love, and Tragedy with the Rolling Stones at Altamont
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
“The most blisteringly impassioned music book of the season.” —New York Times Book Review
A thrilling account of the Altamont Festival—and the dark side of the ‘60s.
If Woodstock tied the ideals of the '60s together, Altamont unraveled them.
In Just a Shot Away, writer...
Generation Friends
An Inside Look at the Show That Defined a Television Era
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2019
A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at Friends, published for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the show's premiere. Howyoudoin’?
In September 1994, six friends sat down in their favorite coffee shop and began bantering about sex, relationships, jobs, and just about everything else. A quarter...
Sitcom
A History in 24 Episodes from I Love Lucy to Community
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
A carefully curated tour through TV comedy series, this mixtape of fondly remembered shows surveys the genealogy of the form, the larger trends in its history, the best of what the genre has accomplished, and the most standard of its works. From I Love Lucy, The Phil Silvers Show, and M*A*S*H to Taxi,...
Another Fine Mess
A History of American Film Comedy
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
From City Lights to Knocked Up, this history examines American film from the perspective of its unwanted stepbrother, the comedy, and puts the comic titans of the present in the context of their predecessors. The 30 chapters and 100 essays follow the connections that link Mae West to Marilyn Monroe and...