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TERESA MARIANO , ENCORE ATLANTA

Lies! Scandal! Intrigue! The story of Robert Harrison is as gossip-worthy as the celebrities he tattled on. Samuel Bernstein chronicles Harrison’s rise and fall with giddy enthusiasm, from Harrison’s family run girlie magazines to Confidential — the granddaddy of today’s celebrity tabloids — to how Hollywood finally pulled the plug and washed the most successful gossip rag in history down the drain. Alongside photos of celebrities, magazine covers and story reprints are accounts of what really happened, making Mr. Confidential a riveting, scandalous read about how celebrity reporting began and how close it remains to its seedy roots.