{"product_id":"the-road-to-xanadu-9780140254563","title":"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\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140254563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 688\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\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon Callow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43140429807797,"sku":"9780140254563","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c9699e8b-fdc9-4d5b-b569-1c77fb72e452.jpg?v=1695699028","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-road-to-xanadu-9780140254563","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}