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Behind the Candelabra: My Life With Liberace
Scott Thorson
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Description for Behind the Candelabra: My Life With Liberace
Paperback. Liberace's lover tells all: the good, the bad, and the ugly truths about the legendary entertainer, who never publically admitted he was gay. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182.
Scott Thorson, a poor boy from a succession of foster homes, met Liberace when he was just 16 years old. Liberace, aged 57, took Scott under his wing as 'the son he'd never had'. By the time Scott was 17, he was also Liberace's lover. Liberace lived life by his credo 'too much of a good thing is wonderful' and Scott shared in it: the fur coats, the Rolls-Royces, the jewellery, the celebrity friends, the 26 lap dogs. A more opulent lifestyle is hard to imagine but it came at a price: Liberace sent Scott to his plastic surgeon ... Read more
Scott Thorson, a poor boy from a succession of foster homes, met Liberace when he was just 16 years old. Liberace, aged 57, took Scott under his wing as 'the son he'd never had'. By the time Scott was 17, he was also Liberace's lover. Liberace lived life by his credo 'too much of a good thing is wonderful' and Scott shared in it: the fur coats, the Rolls-Royces, the jewellery, the celebrity friends, the 26 lap dogs. A more opulent lifestyle is hard to imagine but it came at a price: Liberace sent Scott to his plastic surgeon ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781856710
SKU
9781781856710
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About Scott Thorson
Scott Thorson (born 1958) met Liberace in 1976 and they were together for the next 9 years: 5 years as lovers, and 4 as co-respondents in a $113 million palimony lawsuit. They were reconcilled shortly before Liberace's death from AIDS in 1987.
Reviews for Behind the Candelabra: My Life With Liberace
It wasn't always a film but it was always a drama... sensational'
The Times
I haven't been involved in a movie where there's been so much attention beforehand
Michael Douglas A champagne-dunked celebration of the excesses that made the man... we're going to have a ball with this one'
Guardian
A fascinating study in one ... Read more
The Times
I haven't been involved in a movie where there's been so much attention beforehand
Michael Douglas A champagne-dunked celebration of the excesses that made the man... we're going to have a ball with this one'
Guardian
A fascinating study in one ... Read more