![]() ![]() He brings us as close to Williams as we are ever likely to get. ![]() ![]() Lahr has decided not to track his subject in sequential detail but to dive into the tumultuous depths of the author's psyche and the glamorous chaos of his stage productions. The book is more a study of Williams's imagination and career than any plodding account of his "life." Mr. Lahr wanders freely among the dates of their exchanges with the playwright. And when the book comes to focus on key figures in Williams's career, like his agent Audrey Wood, the director Elia Kazan or his dubious friend Maria St. In the body of the book, we hear about the psychological effect of the parents on the child but really nothing about his education, his reading, his friends. Louis and later the University City High School. Available in used condition with free US shipping on orders over 10. ![]() It is only here, for instance, on page 606, that we discover that Thomas Williams (born 1911) attended the Stix School in St. Buy Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh By John Lahr. The extensive chronology at the back of the book is more or less an admission of this fact. But "Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh" is not exactly what its title page claims it is-a biography. He is a witty and elegant stylist, a scrupulous researcher, a passionate yet canny advocate. John Lahr, the longtime drama critic for the New Yorker, knows his way around Broadway better than anyone. This is by far the best book ever written about America's greatest playwright. ![]()
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