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John Isaac Jones
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Thanks, PG! Memoirs of a Tabloid Reporter

Adult; General Fiction (including literary and historical)

Thanks, PG! recounts the life and adventures of reporter Billy Don Johnson during his twenty years (1975-1995) working for the fictional tabloid The National Insider. After his dreams of becoming a crusading journalist with daily newspapers are dashed, Billy throws himself wholeheartedly into the wild journalistic world of diets, household tips, ghosts, UFOs and celebrity scandal, all to please Padrone Gallione (PG), the wonderful madman who is editor and publisher of the magazine. Like the tabloid industry itself, this book is a combination of fact and fiction. Untold stories of the lives of many famous people are revealed; the reader gets an inside look at how tabloid stories are created; the book examines the origins of celebrity scandal in American journalism; finally, the book is the story of Billy Don and his life serving at the feet of PG, his lord and master. Ultimately, this book is a tribute to the genius of Generoso Pope Jr., founder and publisher of the National Enquirer.

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