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Rosebud: The Story Of Orson Welles

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Rosebud: The Story Of Orson Welles

Contributors:

By (Author) David Thomson

ISBN:

9780349109091

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Imprint:

Abacus

Publication Date:

4th August 1997

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Dewey:

791.430233092

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

480

Dimensions:

Width 126mm, Height 198mm, Spine 25mm

Weight:

574g

Description

This work charts the life of a man who stilled the world with his performance in "Citizen Kane" in 1941. It traces the rise and fall of one of Hollywood's greatest innovators - raconteur nonpareil, gifted with invention and awesome talent whose early success bored him and triggered the long decline into excess and self-destruction. This biography probes the essential questions surrounding Welles, realizing the ferocious energy and demonic intellect behind the boy genius. Despite his production of dazzling Broadway theatre and radio drama, and his performance - perhaps the best in his career - as Harry Lime in "The Third Man", he lived in a strange twilight world where he felt rejected and hopelessly unfulfilled. The work ends with the final rootless years, when he yielded to obesity and the genius Welles became a tragic figure.

Reviews

'Hugely entertaining.' - Sunday Times 'Marvellous...a great book.' - Mail on Sunday

Author Bio

David Thomson is an acclaimed film critic and author. He lives in San Fransisco with his family.

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