King of the Night: The Life of Johnny Carson - Couverture rigide

Leamer, Laurence

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0688074049 ISBN 13 : 9780688074043

Editeur : William Morrow & Co, 1989

Synopsis

Book by Leamer Laurence

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Johnny Carson was a phenomenon, the most successful performer in the history of television. For the better part of three decades, the enormously popular host of "The Tonight Show" was welcomed into millions of American homes -- as a friend, an entertainer, and an inexhaustibly sage and witty commentator on our lives and times. But there was a dark side to this charming and inscrutable enigma that only those closest to Carson ever saw -- a sadness, mistrust, and cruelty behind the glitter and glamour, intensified by a lifelong pursuit of power, wealth, and fame.

Based on more than two years of intensive research including more than 700 personal interviews with ex-wives, ex-friends, colleagues, and celebrities -- with all-new, never-before-published material on Johnny's post-"Tonight Show" life, from his retirement through his final days -- Laurence Learner's King of the Night is an intimate and powerful portrait of an unforgettable personality, at once a tribute and a revelation.

Biographie de l'auteur

Laurence Leamer is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books, including The Kennedy Women and The Price of Justice. He has worked in a French factory and a West Virginia coal mine, and was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal. His play, Rose, was produced off Broadway last year. He lives in Palm Beach, Florida, and Washington, D.C., with his wife, Vesna Obradovic Leamer.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: William Morrow & Co
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0688074049
• ISBN 13: 9780688074043
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible