“感冒的辛纳屈就像没有颜料的毕加索，没有燃料的法拉利——只会更糟。因为普通的感冒使辛纳屈失去了他宝贵的声音，切断了他自信的来源。”——盖伊·塔利斯

1965年冬天，作家盖伊·塔利斯受《时尚先生》之邀前往洛杉矶，撰写关于弗兰克·辛纳屈的封面报道。当他到达时，发现这位歌手和他的随行人员处于戒备状态。辛纳屈那段时间工作忙，心情不好，也不愿意接受采访。

但塔利斯并没有气馁，他相信辛纳屈可能会恢复心情并重新考虑，并利用这段时间来观察这位明星，与他的朋友、同事、家人和伙伴们进行交谈。辛纳屈从未同意过一对一的采访，但塔利斯的耐心和坚持得到了回报：他的文章《弗兰克·辛纳屈患了感冒》在历史上被誉为非虚构文学作品的代表作，也是新新闻学的开端。

在这本插图版《弗兰克·辛纳屈患了感冒》中，附有塔利斯的介绍、手稿副件和信件。其中照片来自传奇摄影师菲尔·斯特恩（Phil Stern），他是40年来**获准接触辛纳屈的摄影师，与约翰·布莱森（John Bryson）、约翰·多米尼斯（John Dominis）和特里·奥尼尔（Terry O ' neill）齐名，被誉为60年代**摄影师。这些照片与塔利斯的人物研究相辅相成，描绘了感冒的辛纳屈在录音室、在现场、在镇上一幅幅精辟的肖像，揭示了一个独特的明星形象和好莱坞机器。

“Sinatra with a cold is Picasso without paint, Ferrari without fuel—only worse. For the common cold robs Sinatra of that uninsurable jewel, his voice, cutting into the core of his confidence.” — Gay Talese

In the winter of 1965, writer Gay Talese set out for Los Angeles with an assignment from Esquire to write a major profile on Frank Sinatra. When he arrived, he found the singer and his vigilant entourage on the defensive: Sinatra was under the weather, not available, and not willing to be interviewed.

Undeterred, Talese stayed, believing Sinatra might recover and reconsider, and used the meantime to observe the star and to interview his friends, associates, family members, and hangers-on. Sinatra never did grant the one-on-one, but Talese’s tenacity paid off: his profile Frank Sinatra Has a Cold went down in history as a tour de force of literary nonfiction and the advent of the New Journalism.

In this illustrated edition, Frank Sinatra Has a Cold is published with an introduction by Talese, reproductions of his manuscript pages, and correspondence. Interwoven are photographs from the legendary lens of Phil Stern, the only photographer granted access to Sinatra over four decades, as well as from top photojournalists of the ’60s, including John Bryson, John Dominis, and Terry O’Neill. The photographs complement Talese’s character study, painting an incisive portrait of Sinatra in the recording studio, on location, out on the town, and with the eponymous cold, which reveals as much about a singular star persona as it does about the Hollywood machine.