If you picked up October’s GQ magazine, the one with John Travolta on the cover, you probably assumed, reasonably enough, that you could read an article about John Travolta if you wanted. You would have been only half- right.
That is indeed Travolta on the cover, hips jutting, fingers splayed, tongue glistening, a Creature from a Seventies Black Lagoon. And yes, over there on page 182, that is an article with the name “John Travolta” in the headline. But the truly important words are just below: “By Tom Junod.” Junod is a writerat-large for GQ, and if you want Tom Junod to tell you about John Travolta, you’re going to get an earful about Tom Junod, too. And if you don’t like it, you can go buy another magazine with John Travolta on the cover.
