Some of these books are riveting, some sublime, and some downright trashy. Now let’s take a look at some of the copious contemporary fiction written in, around, and about the Hamptons.

Among other posts, he covered Washington for Fairchild and later reported from London and Paris.Previously we have explored Bookstores of the Hamptons, Non-Fiction Books, Photographers, Architects, Biographies, Magazines & Newspapers, and a smattering of history, authors and books which I find compelling. Shortly after returning from Korea, he joined Fairchild Publications.

It will feature actor Kevin Bacon.īrady started as a copyboy for the New York Daily News, where he worked while attending Manhattan College. CEO Walter Anderson said Brady “was a friend to the 73 million Americans who looked forward to his column each week … He will be extraordinarily missed.” in 1971 and was publisher of its fashion magazine Harper’s Bazaar.īut many readers knew him best for his contributions at Parade. Working with Fairchild Publications chief John Fairchild, he helped make the daily into a publication popular with 1960s fashionistas as well as professionals in the clothing trade.

He had become Women’s Wear Daily’s publisher in 1964. He followed it up with a 2000 novel, “The Marines of Autumn,” and his 2005 “The Scariest Place in the World: A Marine Returns to North Korea.”Īmong his other books was “Further Lane,” a 1997 murder mystery set in East Hampton and two novels drawing on his years in the women’s wear field: “Designs” and “Fashion Show.” Brady’s book is its clarity and modesty there is no heroic flag-waving here.” The Times praised his 1990 memoir on Korea, “The Coldest War,” as “a superb personal memoir of the way it was. Brady with President Bush in Washington.” Brady with a young Brooke Shields in New York, Mr. Brady with (designer Coco) Chanel in Paris, Mr. At Brady’s home in East Hampton, it said, “photos from years gone by paper the walls. His varied interests were alluded to in a 1997 New York Times profile.

Further Lane by James Brady