IN SHORT: NONFICTION Review

Few people actually read much of the junk that fills their mailboxes. But in "The Naked Consumer," [Erik Larson], a national feature writer for The Wall Street Journal, manages to make the stories behind those mass mailings into a narrative that is both a highly informative research presen...

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Published in	New York Times
Main Author	Boyer, Allen
Format	Book Review
Language	English
Published	New York, N.Y New York Times Company 24.01.1993
Edition	Late Edition (East Coast)
Subjects	Accomando, Claire Hsu ANDERSON, MICHAEL Auden, W H BARON, WENDY BARRA, ALLEN Bombeck, Bill Bombeck, Erma BOYER, ALLEN Capote, Truman COATES, STEVE Cohen, Stanley COLE, DIANE COOPER, ANDREA Crunden, Robert M Davis, John DAVIS, JOHN H FERGUSON, WILLIAM FINN, ROBIN Gallagher, Mike Gambino, Carlo Garner, Loyal Jr GATES, ANITA Gotti, John Grant, Michael Hecht, Anthony Hemingway, Ernest HERRON, CAROLINE RAND Hughes, John HUGHES, JOHN S HULER, SCOTT HUNTOON, SIRI Kairys, David Larson, Erik Leach, William Leonard, John McMath, Robert C Jr Mewshaw, Michael Michener, James A (James Albert) (1907-1997) Moe, Richard Mosconi, Willie Mowat, Farley MULCAHY, SUSAN MURDERS AND ATTEMPTED MURDERS MURRAY, DAVID NICHOLLS, RICHARD E PLUTO, TERRY Reynolds, Michael RICHMOND, PETER SALZBERG, CHARLES Schwartz-Nobel SCHWARTZ-NOBEL, LORETTA Seideman, David Seinfeld, Jerry SHAPIRO, JOSEPH P SHARP, BILL Sheffield, Andrew SHONE, RICHARD SHULEVITZ, JUDITH S SICKERT, WALTER (1860-1942) Solomon, Betty Jeanne Solomon, Paul Stein, Gertrude Swindle, Howard TENNIS THOMPSON, CONSTANCE DECKER TOYNTON, EVELYN Twigg, Regina Wallace, Aubrey WALTON, DAVID Warmus, Carolyn Wells-Petry, Melissa WOMEN
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Summary:	Few people actually read much of the junk that fills their mailboxes. But in "The Naked Consumer," [Erik Larson], a national feature writer for The Wall Street Journal, manages to make the stories behind those mass mailings into a narrative that is both a highly informative research presentation and something of a detective story. He begins by solving a mystery that every one of us has faced at some point: How did they get my name?
ISSN:	0362-4331