by Gay Talese · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420426631
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In 'The Voyeur's Motel', Gay Talese presents a fascinating and controversial story about Gerald Foos, a man who bought a motel with the purpose of spying on his clients. Through ventilation ducts and an observation platform, Foos recorded the social and sexual customs of his country for decades. Talese, after meeting Foos and accessing his diaries, faces an ethical dilemma upon discovering that Foos also witnessed a murder that he did not report. This work of narrative journalism raises questions about the limits of journalism and morality, inviting reflection on the secret life of society.
Gaetano "Gay" Talese is an American writer. As a journalist for The New York Times and Esquire magazine during the 1960s, he helped to define contemporary literary journalism and is considered, along with Joan Didion, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Hunter S. Thompson and Tom Wolfe, one of the pioneers of New Journalism. Talese's most famous articles are about Joe DiMaggio and Frank Sinatra.
