Mr Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream
by Steven Watts
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Author: Steven WattsEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-10-06
ISBN: 0471690597
Number of pages: 568
Publisher: Wiley
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Book Review: A Contrary View
Summary: 2 Stars
I am listening to the audio version, with two disks still to go. Yawn.
Perhaps the print version would have been better since it would have been supplemented with pictures. How is it possible to make Playboy this boring??? The book alternates between the author's numerous textbook-analyses of Playboy's and society's changes over the years, to dry recitations of timelines and reported facts (names of authors published in the magazine, names of Playmates, names of artists playing at a concert, etc). Even the Playmates and special girlfriends are not given any life in this ponderous book. IMO, anyone looking for entertainment and fun stories about Playboy or its publisher should keep looking.
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