"Former SF Chronicle editor PETER SUSSMAN comes to the store to share the new paperback edition of his book, Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford. Peter will present his book and sign copies after the presentation. The hardback of was published in 2006, but the book has not previously been available as a paperback in this country. The book received rave reviews around the world when it was first published."
"Miranda Seymour, in a review for the London Sunday Times, wrote, "Peter Y. Sussman is a sublime editor of one of the funniest, most enthralling and gloriously honest collections of contemporary letters I have yet read." PETER Y. SUSSMAN has been a resident of the Elmwood/Bateman neighborhood for about 60 years. He was an editor at The Chronicle for three decades, leaving the paper in 1993 to write independently."
Peter Y. Sussman will present and sign copies of the newly released U.S. paperback edition of Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford at a Berkeley store. The hardback was published in 2006 and the paperback has not previously been available in the country. The book received rave reviews internationally, with Miranda Seymour calling Sussman a "sublime editor" of an enthralling and gloriously honest collection of contemporary letters. Sussman has lived in the Elmwood/Bateman neighborhood for about sixty years and worked at The Chronicle for three decades before leaving in 1993 to write independently. He collaborated with Dannie M. Martin on Committing Journalism: The Prison Writings of Red Hog. Tickets are free but required; the address is 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA.
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