{"product_id":"the-road-to-xanadu-simon-callow-9780140254563","title":"Orson Welles, Volume 1: The Road to Xanadu","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A splendidly entertaining, definitive work.\"\u003ci\u003e--Entertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this first installment of his masterful biography, Simon Callow captures the chameleonic genius of Orson Welles as only an actor\/director deeply rooted in the entertainment industry could. Here is Welles's prodigious childhood; his youth in New York, with its fraught partnership with John Houseman and the groundbreaking triumph of his all-black \u003ci\u003eMacbeth;\u003c\/i\u003e the pioneering radio work that culminated in the notorious 1938 broadcast of \u003ci\u003eWar of the Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e; and finally, his work in Hollywood, including an authoritative account of the making of \u003ci\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/i\u003e. Rich in detail and insight, this is far and away the definitive look at Orson Welles--a figure even more extraordinary than the myths that have surrounded him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Callow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0140254560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140254563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.54w x 1.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/25\/1997 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/07\/2015 pg. 72","brand":"Simon Callow","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995492614399,"sku":"9780140254563","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b925cdee-3881-45d6-88d5-3f9a5a7f3ab0.jpg?v=1683336125","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-road-to-xanadu-simon-callow-9780140254563","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}