This astute, deeply researched biography sheds a light on Tennessee Williams's warring family, his guilt, his creative triumphs and failures, his sexuality and numerous affairs, his misreported death, even the shenanigans surrounding his estate.

Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh gives intimate access to the mind of one of the most brilliant dramatists of his century, whose plays reshaped the American theater and the nation's sense of itself. John Lahr has produced a theater biography like no other. The definitive biography of America's greatest playwright from the celebrated drama critic of The New Yorker. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography and Finalist for the National Book Award. We pack and ship all our books with care in cardboard boxes. This astute, deeply researched biography sheds a light on Tennessee Williams s warring family, his guilt, his creative triumphs and failures, his sexuality and numerous affairs, his misreported death, even the shenanigans surrounding his estate.' John Lahr's exhaustive note to detail has really paid off in this brilliant masterpiece, on the fast track to the National Book Award. Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh gives intimate access to the mind of one of the most brilliant dramatists of his century, whose plays reshaped the American theater and the nation s sense of itself. 'John Lahr has produced a theater biography like no other. Signed to the title page in black pen by the author John Lahr. Additional photos and facsimiles throughout. 765 pages including notes, sources, credits and an Index, but not including two sections of photos.

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