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Title: Behind the Candelabra: My Life With Liberace
Author: Thorson, Scott/ Thorleifson, Alex/ Berkrot, Peter (Narrator)

Publisher:Tantor Media Inc
Publication Date:May-02-2013
Pages:Unknown
Binding:MP3 CD
Edition:mp3 una
Dimensions:5.30 (W) x 7.40 (H) x 0.60 (D)
ISBN:145266191X
Subject:Biography & Autobiography / General

Description:

In this unusually frank book Scott Thorson, Liberace's longtime lover, tells all: the good, the bad, and the ugly truths about the legendary entertainer who went to outrageous extremes to prevent public knowledge of his homosexuality.Liberace's unhappy childhood, dominated by a mother determined to force him into a concert career, serves as the prologue for a story that goes on to detail Liberace's early appearances in honky-tonks, his move to New York to seek fame, and, finally, his first booking in Las Vegas, where he was courted by the Mafia.As Thorson attests, such successes provide a bright counterpoint to a darker tale of a man hungry for power, given to every excess. Liberace's credo-"too much of a good thing is wonderful"-is reflected here in his acquisition of new lovers, luxurious homes, a large collection of pornography, and a total of twenty-six house dogs. Behind the Candelabra above all explores the fundamentally tender love affair between Liberace and Thorson-whom Liberace sent to his own plastic surgeon to have his face remodeled in Liberace's own image!This fast-paced story, sprinkled with anecdotes about famous entertainers such as Michael Jackson and Shirley MacLaine, ends with an intimate look at Liberace's final days as he lay dying of AIDS-and his deathbed reconciliation with Thorson. Thorson's story will also appear in the upcoming biopic of the same name starring award-winning actors Michael Douglas and Matt Damon.
-- Ingram Publishing Services

The true story of the "world's greatest entertainer"-revealed by the man most qualified to disclose it, his longtime live-in lover. Also available in print and ebook.
-- Ingram Publishing Services

The true story of the "world's greatest entertainer"-revealed by the man most qualified to disclose it, his longtime live-in lover. -- Tantor Press


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