He was one of the founders of the “New Journalism,” which revolutionized the American press with writing that was close to literature. At 93, the author of the article “Frank Sinatra has a cold” that made him famous in 1966, recounts a daily life hampered by old age. His penultimate book, “Bartleby & Me,” in which he looks back at his career, has just been published in France.
Gay Talese, the last giant of the American press: “I work the same hours as Mick Jagger”
