On January 7, 1980, in the run-up to the publication of his landmark
bestseller Thy Neighbor’s Wife, Gay Talese received an
anonymous letter from a man in Colorado. “Since learning of your
long awaited study of coast-to-coast sex in America,” the letter
began, “I feel I have important information that I could contribute
to its contents or to contents of a future book.” The man went on
to tell Talese an astonishing secret, that he had bought the Manor
House Motel on Colfax Avenue to satisfy his voyeuristic desires. He
had built an attic “observation platform,” fitted with vents,
through which he could peer down on his unwitting guests.
Unsure
what to make of this confession, Talese traveled to Colorado where he
met the man—Gerald Foos—verified his story in person, and read
some of his extensive journals, a secret record of America’s
changing social and sexual mores. But because Foos insisted on
remaining anonymous, Talese filed his reporting away, assuming the
story would remain untold. Now, after thirty-five years, he’s ready
to go public and Talese can finally tell his story. The Voyeur’s
Motel is an extraordinary work of narrative journalism, and one
of the most talked about books of the year.
Product Details:
Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Grove Press (July 12, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0802125816
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