| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Note |
Title from eBook information screen. |
| Summary |
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... |
| System Details |
Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 622 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB). |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Nonfiction.
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Biography & Autobiography.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| ISBN |
9781618030955 (electronic bk) |
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