Skip to main content
Esquire Classic
Issues
Topics
Contributors
Sign In
Subscribe
FEATURES
Hi, This Is Marcel Proust, Reporting from the Hamptons
A remembrance of gossips past
August
1
1976
John Leonard
Hi, This Is Marcel Proust, Reporting from the Hamptons
John Leonard
August
1
1976
View Article Pages
FEATURES
Hi, This Is Marcel Proust, Reporting from the Hamptons
A remembrance of gossips past
August
1
1976
John Leonard
Sign In to read this article
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic - The Official Esquire Archive
Every issue Esquire has ever published, since 1933
Every timeless feature, profile, interview, novella - even the ads!
85+ Years of outstanding fiction from world-renowned authors
More than 150,000 Images — beautiful High-Resolution photography, zoom into every page
Unlimited Search and Browse
Bookmark all your favorites into custom Collections
Enjoy on Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile
View Full Issue
More From This Issue
FICTION
In Desert Waters
August
1976
By
Richard Ford
WAR
Killing Time With the War Dreamers
August
1976
By
Richard Woodley
FEATURES
The Diamond Lane Slowdown
August
1976
By
JOAN DIDION
HOLLYWOOD
Hi, This Is Bruce Jay Friedman, Reporting from Hollywood
August
1976
By
Bruce Jay Friedman
Come and get it, America!
Let's Hear It for the Best-Kept Secrets in Sports
August
1976
By
Roy Blount
ARTICLES
It’s Better to Remember Fred
August
1976
By
Helen Lawrenson
Unlock every article Esquire has ever published.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
every timeless profile, interview, short story, feature, advertisement
, and much more!
More From This Issue
FICTION
In Desert Waters
August
1976
By
Richard Ford
WAR
Killing Time With the War Dreamers
August
1976
By
Richard Woodley
FEATURES
The Diamond Lane Slowdown
August
1976
By
JOAN DIDION
Features
The 1998 Dubious Achievement Awards
JANUARY 1999
POLITICS
Thoughts on the '84 Presidential Campaign
APRIL 1983
By
ALAN BARON
ARTICLES
Martin Luther King Is Still on the Case!
AUGUST 1968
By
Garry Wills
John Leonard
SOME THINGS WILL HAVE TO GO
A Report on the Desirability of Eosinophilic Defects in Man
OCTOBER 1968
By
John Leonard
POLITICS
Politics
JANUARY 1969
By
JOHN LEONARD
Departments
Politics
FEBRUARY 1969
By
JOHN LEONARD
Features
Features
Women We Love... Women We Don't
AUGUST 1990
Features
Smokin'
JULY 1999
FEATURES
Bold, Basically
MARCH 2020
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic
Everything Esquire has ever published