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Nick Tosches

Best Article History

A Jazz Age Autopsy

The lonesome death of Arnold Rothstein, notorious gambler, inspiration for the character Meyer Wolfsheim in The Great Gatsby, alleged fixer of the 1910 World Series, opiate importation pioneer, mobster.

Nick Tosches Vanity Fair May 2005 40min Permalink

Food Travel

If You Knew Sushi

A stroll through Tokyo’s Tsukiji, the world’s largest seafood market, and the mecca of the global sushi trade.

Nick Tosches Vanity Fair Jun 2007 45min Permalink

Arts Music

The Devil in George Jones

A profile of the country music legend.

Nick Tosches Texas Monthly Jul 1994 25min Permalink

World Travel

Confessions of an Opium-Seeker

From Hong Kong to Bangkok to the Golden Triangle, the author searches for something everyone says no longer exists: an opium den.

Nick Tosches Vanity Fair Sep 2000 50min Permalink