Rock Hudson: Friend of Mine, First Edition

Clark, Tom; Kleiner, Dick

ISBN 10: 0886875625 / ISBN 13: 9780886875626

Published by Pharos Books, 1990

About this Item

Hardcover, Condition" As New, Unread, Tight Binding, never opened past copyright page, spine Not broken, No marks or stamps, Dust Jacket Condition: As New, no cuts, tears or stains, (assumed) First Edition being a First Printing with the Full # print line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 as printed on copyright page, Original $18.95 price Not clipped.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1690400073668

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rock Hudson: Friend of Mine, First Edition
• Publisher: Pharos Books
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0886875625
• ISBN 13: 9780886875626
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Gay/LGBTQ Non Fiction
  • Non Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Hudson's closet friend and lover of twenty years focuses on the actor's full life, rather than his painful last months, in a collection of anecdotes, memories, and photographs

Reviews

In recounting his 20-year professional and personal relationship with the film and TV actor, Hollywood publicist Clark, aided by Kleiner ( Don't Shoot My Dog ), sets out as well to dispute the charge brought in a successful lawsuit against the estate by Hudson's lover Marc Christian that the star concealed his AIDS affliction. Paying tribute to his friend, Clark, who managed his career, maintains that the star was devoid of ego, was a casual person and sentimental. Further, he states that Hudson would have made it big on the Broadway stage were it not for his untimely death. The book is an embarrassing memorial, cloying, biased and insignificant. Photos not seen by PW.
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Since Hudson's death in 1985, several books about him have appeared. Now Clark, a Hollywood publicist and Hudson's long-time companion, offers a sanitized memoir of their friendship. Unfortunately, in spite of a unique opportunity to provide a more intimate, thoughtful analysis of the man, his book remains superficial and largely anecdotal. It also is surprisingly self-indulgent, with heavy emphasis on Clark's importance to Hudson's life and career. The book is further marred by a choppy, repetitious style. While there undoubtedly will be demand for Clark's book, it is not the definitive biography. Jerry Oppenheimer and Jack Vitek's Idol and Hudson and Sara Davidson's Rock Hudson: His Story (both LJ 9/1/86) are still preferred. Photos not seen.
- Barbara E. Kemp, Columbia Univ. Libs.
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