Tayari's Blog: I want to read "The Sixteenth Minute"

Posted by TayariJones on July 19, 2005 02:40 PM
Filed under Bookshelf


I just heard the author of "The Sixteenth Minute" on the radio. It's a work of non fiction profiling people who used to be famous. Of course, I was most interested in Irene Cara, from Fame. Her fifteen minutes of fame were cut down to about ten because she seued her record company after they paid her only TWENTY BUCKS in royalties for her big hit, "Flashdance/What a Feeling."

The thing that intrigued me about the interview was the discussion of how fame changes people. The author says that people who acheive fame at any point in their lives spend the rest of thier lives trying to get it back.

The calllers then knocked around the question of WHY do people want to be famous in the first place. And why is society so interested in famous people, no matter WHY they are famous. It was a pretty interesting discussion. I want to read the book.

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Comment #1, by Gonsh

I review books for a college newspaper, and I'm doing one on The Sixteenth Minute. It's not great. All it does is give you their histories; it doesn't teach you anything. Good luck getting the book.

September 1, 2005 08:55 AM

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