Carson the Magnificent by Bill Zehme, Mike Thomas Catherine Bakewell author of Salt to the

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Carson the Magnificent by Bill Zehme, Mike Thomas Catherine Bakewell author of Salt to theINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A much anticipated biographytwenty years in the makingof the entertainer who redefined late night television and reshaped American culture. In 2002, Bill Zehme landed one of the most coveted assignments for a magazine writer: an interview with Johnny Carsonthe only one hed granted since retiring from hosting The Tonight Show a decade earlier. Zehme was tapped for the Esquire feature story thanks to his years of