The Dick Gibson Show

A radio host’s rise is the fodder for this “funny, melancholy, frightening . . . absolutely American” National Book Award finalist ( The New York Times Book Review ). Since childhood, Dick Gibson has longed for a successful radio career to make him a household name. Seeking to hone his craft, Dick travels from stations in Nebraska and New Jersey to the Armed Forces Radio in the Pacific Theater during the Second World War, interviewing crooks, con artists, and hypnotists along the way.