Bøger af Gavin Lambert

Nazimova: A Biography is a brilliant re-creation of the life and work of this complex, dark, glamorous, and important figure.

For the first time, everyone who was close to Natalie Wood speaks freely--including her husbands, Robert Wagner and Richard Gregson, famously private people like Warren Beatty, intimate friends such as playwright Mart Crowley, directors Robert Mulligan and Paul Mazursky, and Leslie Caron, each of whom told the author stories about this remarkable woman who was so full of life but always on the brink of despair.

Daisy Clover is a 14-year-old child star who makes her comeback at 24. She tells the story of how she is discovered by a movie producer and proceeds through large doses of work, sex and Benzedrine, through to a 24-hour marriage, a nervous breakdown, retirement and a vaudeville comeback.

The land along Pacific palisades in Hollywood is apt to slip away without warning, hence the road-side signs - Slide Area. Seven interrelated stories, this volume tells the tale of lost souls marooned on a glittering wasteland.

'The astonishing life of the screen legend from a man who knew her for twenty years.' Tatler'This biography is stunning . a very readable and well-crafted biography.' Independent'An irresistible portrait of Natalie's generosity, spirit and fun .