{"product_id":"rage-for-fame-sylvia-morris-9780812992496","title":"Rage for Fame: The Ascent of Clare Boothe Luce","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Her technique was simple: aim for the top,\" an envious colleague wrote of Clare Boothe Luce. No American woman of the twentieth century aimed so accurately, or rose so far, as this legendary playwright, politician, and social seductress. Born in New York's Spanish Harlem, with nothing to recommend her but beauty, ferocious intelligence, and dry wit, she transformed herself into the youthful \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003emanaging editor of \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e. She married two millionaires and wrote three Broadway hits, including the biting satire, \u003ci\u003eThe Women\u003c\/i\u003e. Her second husband, Henry Luce--the publisher of \u003ci\u003eTime, Fortune, \u003c\/i\u003eand later at her suggestion \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e--was only one of the dozens of men she entranced. Adding politics and power to journalism and drama, Clare used sex, street smarts, acid humor, and money to plot a career more improbable than anything in her own fiction. Not content with mere wealth and the acclaim of transatlantic caf  society, Clare Boothe Luce confessed to a \"rage for fame.\" This extraordinary book--the result of more than fifteen years of research by Sylvia Jukes Morris, her chosen biographer--tells how she achieved it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eRage for Fame\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A model biography . . . the sort that only real writers can write.\"\u003cb\u003e--Gore Vidal, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \" The] riveting first part of a two-volume biography . . . Relentlessly candid, meticulously documented, Morris's book traces  Clare Boothe] Luce's rocketing rise from illegitimacy and poverty to wealth, power and fame.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eHartford Courant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Powerful and resonant, admiring at times, always critical, at times searing, but ultimately fair.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Crammed with enough drama for several mini-series.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"An important book about an important figure . . . a stunning feat of biography.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A dishy biography that is also a formidable work of research.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Slate \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"One of those rare books where the reader dreads the final page.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Newport News Daily Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sylvia Jukes Morris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812992490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812992496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.12h x 6.30w x 1.43d","brand":"Sylvia Jukes Morris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074486006015,"sku":"9780812992496","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2e35d968-7109-429d-9538-883693e577fc.jpg?v=1685454018","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rage-for-fame-sylvia-morris-9780812992496","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}