{"product_id":"mae-west-and-the-count-guido-roberto-deiro-9781977207401","title":"Mae West and the Count: Love and Loss on the Vaudeville Stage","description":"\u003cp\u003eMae West \u0026amp; The Count takes you inside Mae's relationship with the man who launched her career and stole her heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the first half of the 20th Century, this is the heretofore untold story of the torrid romance, lust-filled five-year marriage, and entwined show business careers of the Vaudeville headliner \"Deiro\" and the \"Queen of Camp\" Mae West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnpublicized by mutual agreement, the improbable, humorous, and often heartbreaking, personal and professional relationship between the Italian nobleman, who rose to \"rock-star\" fame, and the Brooklyn-born fifth-grade dropout who became a show business legend and an icon of sexual freedom, is intimately and elegantly exposed in this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I couldn't help myself - \"D\" was an amazing lover. The sex thing was terrific with this guy. I wanted to do it morning, noon and night, and that's all I wanted to do. \"\u003cbr\u003e -Mae West, Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It (1959).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It went very deep, hittin' on all the emotions. You can't get too hot over anybody unless there's somethin' that goes along with the sex act, can you?\"\u003cbr\u003e -Mae West, Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It (1959).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Guido Roberto Deiro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1977207405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781977207401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Outskirts Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d","brand":"Guido Roberto Deiro","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991297655039,"sku":"9781977207401","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_221a240f-3a9c-44aa-ada4-35dc5b8c6e8e.jpg?v=1683309491","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mae-west-and-the-count-guido-roberto-deiro-9781977207401","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}