MANHATTAN DIARY by Richard Lamparski (hardback)

Peggy Lee is Coming! ....................................................... 1Visited by Truman Capote................................................. 15Christine Jorgensen's Last Lover ......................................... 31Ron Alexander of The New York Times ............................. 43Lynn Bari .......................................................................... 57Mother God Damn ........................................................... 63High Tea with Tallulah ...................................................... 83Hanging Out with Dorothy Parker, Fannie Hurstand Dagmar Godowsky .............................................. 9157th Street, East and West ............................................... 113Halloween with Sammy Kaye .......................................... 125Tea with Joan Bennett ..................................................... 133The Greatest Star of Them All! ..................................... 143Index ...................................