LoginBehind the Candelabra: My Life With Liberace
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In this unusually frank book Scott Thorson, Liberace's longtime lover, tells all: the good, the bad, and the ugly truths about the legendary entertainer who went to outrageous extremes to prevent public knowledge of his homosexuality.
Liberace's unhappy childhood, dominated by a mother determined to force him into a concert career, serves as the prologue for a story that goes on to detail Liberace's early appearances in honky-tonks, his move to New York to seek fame, and, finally, his first booking in Las Vegas, where he was courted by the Mafia.
As Thorson attests, such successes provide a bright counterpoint to a darker t
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Manufacturer: Tantor
Release date: 14 May 2013
ISBN-10 : 1452611912 | ISBN-13: 9781452611914
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Release date: 14 May 2013
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