Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh; Library Edition

from Schmerguls

5259. Tennessee Williams Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh, by John Lahr (read 27 Mar 2015) (National Book Critics Circle biography award for 2014) This won the National Book Critics Circle biography award for 2014, and though I have no huge interest in theater I try to read all such winners. It is a b...

from djh_1962

I bought this book when it came out in, but never read it. Reading recently Lahr's piece on Buster Keaton in the LRB and also Cat on a Hot Tin Roof reminded me of this really excellent biography. Lahr balances really well that emotional life - the pilgrimage of the title - with very evocative and...

from gayla.bassham

There is a lot of interesting material here, but this book is a mess. (The subtitle should be your first hint.) Overwrought in some places, poorly organized, and confusing at times. Someday someone will write a great biography of Tennessee Williams. This isn't it.

from muddyboy

Everything you ever wanted to know about Tennessee Williams perhaps the greatest American dramatist and more. A tremendously well researched biography chock full of interesting photos of his friends, family, lovers and professional acquaintances. Williams was a lonely troubled man who grew up in ...

from muddyboy

Everything you ever wanted to know about Tennessee Williams perhaps the greatest American dramatist and more. A tremendously well researched biography chock full of interesting photos of his friends, family, lovers and professional acquaintances. Williams was a lonely troubled man who grew up in ...