Through a Monocle, Lightly
A few thoughts on a good—and wily and parsimonious?—man
BY MICHAEL GERBER • Last Friday I learned from Bystander Steve Brodner’s
that a minor giant had passed away, Victor Navasky.Don’t misunderstand, Vic was as big as they get; to paraphrase Norma Desmond, it was publishing that got small.
I first met Vic around 1999, to interview him for a history of comedy I was writing …
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