Edward Sorel, Author Margaret K. McElderry Books $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-81293-4
Vigorous illustrations of 1920s scenes animate this uneven melodrama, a blend of nostalgia and science fiction. Johnny, a youth wearing knickers and argyle socks, follows broadcast adventure serials. When his beloved radio gives up the ghost, Johnny
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Edward Sorel, Author Bloomsbury Publishing PLC $14.95 (112p) ISBN 978-1-59691-064-5
If caricaturist Sorel's goal with this series of short, illustrated biographies is to deflate the bloated personas of Proust, Sartre, Tolstoy and seven other of prominent literary figures, he has surely succeeded. Sorel, whose work appears in the...
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Edward Sorel, Author Little Brown and Company $12.95 (24p) ISBN 978-1-55782-120-1
Lovely Claire is a girl with pedigree and pocketbook to match those of Eloise. Her famous father, French zillionaire Max Maximillion, made his fortune ``buying for less and selling for more.'' As the pair sail to New York aboard the S.S. Gigantic to
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Edward Sorel. Norton/Liveright, $25.95 (176p) ISBN 978-1-63149-023-1
Acclaimed illustrator and writer Sorel (The Mural at the Waverly Inn: A Portrait of Greenwich Village Bohemians) shares his lifelong appreciation of classic film in this utterly charming, and colorfully illustrated, account of the life of Oscar-winni
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Edward Sorel, Author, Graydon Carter, Introduction by, Walter Bernard, Designed by , text by Dorothy Gallagher, intro. by Graydon Carter. Pantheon $15.95 (56p) ISBN 978-0-307-37731-9
The next best thing to securing reservations at the exclusive Waverly Inn in Manhattan's West Village might be owning this book of the Edward Sorel mural that presides over the establishment's dining room. Sorel, whose work appears...
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