A Talent for Genius: The Life and Times of Oscar Levant
About this book
Reprint of the story of the wildly self-destructive concert pianist, composer, film and stage presence, radio and television raconteur, insult wit, and bestselling author. The authors cover various aspects of his life and career, including his troubled friendship with George Gershwin and an account of how his second wife kept him alive through countless drug withdrawals and hospital interventions. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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