The Journals of Spalding Gray

Riveting, funny, heartbreaking, at once raw and lyrical: these journals reveal the extraordinary inner life of the actor-writer who invented the autobiographical monologue and perfected the form in such celebrated works as Swimming to Cambodia.

Begun when he was twenty-five, Spalding Gray's journals reflect on his childhood; his craving for success; the downtown New York arts scene of the 1970s; his love affairs, marriages, and fatherhood; his travels in Europe and Asia; and throughout, his passion for the theater, where he worked to balance his compulsion to tell all with his fear of having his deepest secrets exposed. The Journals of Spalding Gray gives us a haunting portrait of a creative genius who we thought had told us everything about himself--until now.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 10/02/2012
ISBN: 9780307474919
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.20w x 0.76d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 11/25/2012 pg. 32