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Sensational and startling, this is the unforgettable story of the brilliant English novelist's life in Hollywood, where he worked as a screenwriter during its Golden Age.The dramatic story of a dazzling British novelist confronting Hollywood's Golden Age.
Editorials
Publishers Weekly -
British author Aldous Huxley wrote, lectured, experimented with drugs and befriended Hollywood greats during his 26 years in the U.S. Calling this a ``well-researched, clumsily written, gossipy socio-cultural-literary compendium,'' PW surmised that ``it is probably the gossip, rather than the more serious discussion of Huxley's books and ideas, that will attract a readership.'' Photos. (Feb.)Library Journal
Like many of his contemporaries, English novelist Aldous Huxley sought the gold to be mined in the Hollywood studios; however, only four of his film scripts made it to the screen. A richer mine came from his association with people such as Hearst, Thomas Mann, Chaplin, and Garbo; the ``Hollywood'' novels After Many a Summer Dies the Swan and Ape and Essence were the result. Dunaway alternates discussions of Huxley's life and beliefs with large doses of tittle-tattle; he seems especially fascinated with Hollywood's lesbian underground. Few new insights are offered here. Huxley's film work is amply covered in Virginia Clark's Aldous Huxley and Film (Scarecrow, 1987), and his life is the subject of several biographies. Entertainingly written but for inclusive collections only.-- Roy Liebman, California State Univ . Lib., Los AngelesBook Details
Published
October 1, 1989
Publisher
New York : Harper & Row, c1989.
Pages
432
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780060390952