“Most journalists are restless voyeurs who see the warts on the world, the imperfections in people and places. The sane scene that is much of life, the great portion of the planet unmarked by madness, does not lure them like riots and raids, crumbling countries and sinking ships, bankers banished to Rio and burning Buddhist nuns – gloom is their game, the spectacle their passion, normality their nemesis.”

This is the opening paragraph to the book I am currently invested in, “The Kingdom and The Power” by Gay Talese, which details the history, power struggles and inner workings of the world’s most powerful newspaper – The New York Times.