Esquire "The Magazine for Men" -- Including all the great writers, illustrators, pictorials, vintage advertisements, fashion and more -- Exclusive MORE MAGAZINES detailed content description, below! Issue Date: JANUARY 1997; VOLUME 127, NO. 1 IN THIS ISSUE:- This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. Any unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 COVER: DUBIOUS ACHIEVEMENTS of 1996! Cover Photograph By Michael Lavine. FEATURES: Dubious Achievement Awards of 1996! Madonna and Jacko have babies! (But not with each other!) There's life on Mars -- and it's not Dennis Rodman! The Unabomber's captured! So's Joe Klein! Plus: Meet the Dubious Overachievers! And the Dubious Man of the Year -- finally, it isn't 0. J.! Alas! Poor Kenneth! By ELIZABETH KAYE. When KENNETH BRANAGH was the boy wonder of the Shakespearean stage, he made Henry V like falling out of bed. Now things don't come so easily, stakes are higher, he's on edge. What better time to be Hamlet -- or not to be. Facing Up to Deneuve. By PHILLIP LOPATE. An ode to CATHERINE DENEUVE, nonpareil: her cool affect, her forbidding sensuality, and her formidable, astringent intelligence. Smell Like Mike; By MARK JACOBSON. In Michael Jordan's inner sanctum, you get a good, strong whiff of what it smells like to be the most famous man in the world. It smells a lot like money. A Party Down at the Square: FICTION BY RALPH ELLISON. A long-lost short story comes to light and reveals the author's precocious mastery in depicting the excitable mind of an American lynch mob. REALITY CHECK: Jodie Foster's mystery fan; Bill Clinton's buff photos; and Pierre Salinger's conspiracy theories. Plus: Support your local Scientologist! By Jeannette Walls. ESKY: Avedon's Pirelli pinups; the perky new Porsche; the other Lisa Marie; a battery-powered bicycle; a toast to Tucson; and true grits. Plus: Dick Clark, the Big Page, Next Up, Ask Esky, Wordman, and Millstones. THE MALE ANIMAL: Home health tests; why men have lesbian fantasies; how to climb a (frozen) waterfall; conception -- the team sport; when you should lie through your teeth; and more. GENTLEMAN: ECRU, BRUTE? The beige badge of comfort. Br WooDr HOCHSWENDER. SLEEK CHIC: Baywatch's David Chokachi in retro knits. PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAH LEN. SLEEPWALKING: There's a beautiful woman in your pajamas. PHOTOGRAPHS BY TROY HOUSE. COLUMNS AND DEPARTMENTS: Our Man in the White House Ten lessons from Election '96. By WALTER SHAPIRO. The Sporting Life: Gretzky opens on Broadway. By MIKE LUPICA. Cinema Verite: How an unfilmable novel became a great movie. Br DAVID THOMSON. Wild Kingdom: The successful man leaves home each morning. I don't. Br MARK LERNER. Inside Information: Making advertising click on the Web. Br RANDALL ROTHENBERG. Money Talks: For the self-insured, a minor medical miracle. Br CHRISTOPHER BYRON. Mr. Peepers, Esq. Stephen Jay Gould meets da Vinci. BY JULIE BAUMGOLD. The Sound and the Fury: Letters from readers. Backstage with Esquire: Notes on contributors. This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. Any unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Magazine is COMPLETE and in VERY GOOD + condition (see photo), Approx 8 1/2" X 11" Standard magazine Format. Vintage Esquire magazines are more and more sought after as time goes by, and they are getting more scarce on the market!