Rage for Fame
By Sylvia Morris
By Sylvia Morris
By Sylvia Jukes Morris
By Sylvia Jukes Morris
Category: Biography & Memoir | Politics
Category: Biography & Memoir | Politics
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$18.00
Apr 01, 2014 | ISBN 9780812992496
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Feb 06, 2013 | ISBN 9780307791405
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Praise
“A model biography . . . the sort that only real writers can write.”—Gore Vidal, The New Yorker
“[The] riveting first part of a two-volume biography . . . Relentlessly candid, meticulously documented, Morris’s book traces [Clare Boothe] Luce’s rocketing rise from illegitimacy and poverty to wealth, power and fame.”—Hartford Courant
“Powerful and resonant, admiring at times, always critical, at times searing, but ultimately fair.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Crammed with enough drama for several mini-series.”—The New York Times
“An important book about an important figure . . . a stunning feat of biography.”—Forbes
“A dishy biography that is also a formidable work of research.”—Slate
“One of those rare books where the reader dreads the final page.”—Newport News Daily Press
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