Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks.

CAVETT, Dick. Foreword by Jimmy Fallon [William Safire].

$200.00

Item Number: 133039

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2014.

First edition, early printing of Cavett’s engaging memoir. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Tom & Bill – Dick Cavett.” The recipient, Bill Zwecker, was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker, was the fashion editor of the Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News), Zwecker began his journalism career in the 1980s and has since interviewed some of the most renowned celebrities across a breadth of industries. He has been a frequent contributor to numerous national news and entertainment programs including Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, Showbiz Tonight, Extra, and the Today Show. In 2018, Zwecker married Chicago Realtor Tom Gorman, his partner of 17½ years. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Shoemaker.

In Brief Encounters, legendary talk show host Dick Cavett introduces readers to the fascinating characters who have crossed hi path, from James Gandolfini and John Lennon to Mel Brooks and Nora Ephron.