Cary Grant - Rilegato

Eliot, Marc

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ISBN 10: 0375434178 ISBN 13: 9780375434174

Casa editrice: Random House Large Print, 2004

Riassunto

A definitive portrait of the talented and charismatic actor provides a close-up look at his turbulent personal life and extraordinary Hollywood career, offering a revealing glimpse of the former Archibald Leach's troubled childhood, ambiguous sexuality, dabbling with LSD, and other dramatic episodes. (Biography)

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Recensione:

“A fascinating and thorough portrait. . . . Eliot does a good job of cracking the screen fantasy.” —Esquire

“Highly readable. . . . Glimpses of the debonair leading man’s dark side are the most intriguing elements of this welcome biography.” —People (3 stars)

“Keeping the actor’s astonishing career firmly in view, Eliot assembles a portrait that shows the dark shadows behind the gleaming facade, while also revealing Grant’s own shrewdness in maintaining that fictional persona.” —Washington Post

“Eliot gives us a Grant we’ve never fully glimpsed before.” —Vogue
From the Trade Paperback edition.

L'autore:

Marc Eliot has been writing about pop culture for more than twenty-five years and is the author of over a dozen books, translated into twenty-seven languages, including the New York Times bestselling Erin Brockovich autobiography, Take It from Me, and the critically acclaimed, award-winning biography Walt Disney: Hollywood’s Dark Prince. His work has appeared in Penthouse, LA Weekly,
California Magazine, and the Metropolitan Review, as well as in numerous other publications both here and abroad. He divides his time among Los Angeles, New York City, and upstate New York. Visit his website at www.marceliot.net.

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• Editore: Random House Large Print
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0375434178
• ISBN 13: 9780375434174
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 670