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Orson Welles:

A Biography
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6 Reviews
Penguin Books, Oct 1, 1989 - Biography & Autobiography - 592 pages
.,."[A] beautifully researched, valuable study of one of America's most influential and mysterious artists. ...[What] makes this book remarkable is Welles's own contribution. His comments, opinions, interviews cut in and out of the narrative with an almost cinematic force." -Patricia Bosworth

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"[The] next best thing to a Welles autobiography .An entertaining read that unfolds like a good novel." Amazon.com Listen to Orson Welles on your iPhone, desktop, or smartphone. Read full review

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User Review  - Derek Baldwin - Goodreads

Engrossing if relatively uncritical biography of the great man. It pulls off the trick of managing to still have things to say about the many years after Orson had already peaked. Read full review

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About the author (1989)

Barbara Leaming is a "New York Times" bestselling author. Her biography of John F. Kennedy was the first to detail the extraordinary influence of Winston Churchill on President Kennedy's intellectual formation and political strategies. She lives in Connecticut.

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