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1990, trade paperback edition, Bloomsbury, London, U.K., 459 pages. Aldous Huxley spent time in Hollywood, under contract to MGM, Fox, Universal, and RKO. He was an intellectual, a leading literary figure who adopted a position of pacifism. Here is a book that details his career in Hollywood.
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Sensational and startling, this is the unforgettable story of the brilliant English novelist's life in Hollywood, where he worked as a screenwriter during its Golden Age.
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In this well-researched, clumsily written, gossipy socio-cultural-literary compendium, Dunaway (biographer of Pete Seeger) describes the 26 years that noted British writer Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) lived in the U.S., during which he produced 19 books and several film scripts, studied Oriental religions, was exposed to exotic therapies, took mescaline, exercised his eyes to recover from near-total blindness, advocated pacifism and lectured widely. During this time also, Huxley's first wife died of cancer, his house, books and manuscripts were destroyed in a fire and, finally, he himself died of cancer. Dunaway devotes as much space, and even more gossip, to the Hollywood of the time and to Huxley's friends--Gerald Heard and Christopher Isherwood, Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard, Anita Loos, Edwin Hubble and Igor Stravinsky--and to naming who was or was not a lesbian, as he does to the eminent writer; and it is probably the gossip, rather than the more serious discussion of Huxley's books and ideas, that will attract a readership. Photos not seen by PW.
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- PublisherBloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0747506361
- ISBN 13 9780747506362
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages488
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This biography describes the period from 1937 onward when Aldous Huxley and his wife moved to America. He became a scriptwriter in Hollywood and joined a distinguished circle of exiles such as Charlie Chaplin, Thomas Mann, Christopher Isherwood and Bertrand Russell. David King Dunaway has also written "Peter Seeger: How Can I Keep From Singing". The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR003501329
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. photographic (illustrator). First Edition. the edges of the text block are slightly darkened with age. Some handling marks and slight rubbing of the edges of the illustrated softcover binding. In the summer of 1937 the author of Brave New World travel to America to lecture in pacifism. The author conducts an unforgettably engaging tour through the twists of Huxley's fate in the US, Â from celebrity to despair and isolation, through agonies of conscience and the quest for Innovision. Because a sudden fire in Hollywood destroyed Huxley's papers, Dunaway's task of reconstruction, calling on a wealth of interviews, is one fewwriters have attempted. Dunaway was able to obtain FBI documents on Aldous Huxley and a number of film scripts by him previously thought to be lost. Â Front fold over blurb Full number line. Size: Trade Paperback. XX, 460 pages, Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 0747506361. ISBN/EAN: 9780747506362. Inventory No: 0270246. Seller Inventory # 0270246
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