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Title: Cary Grant by Graham McCann ISBN: 0-231-10885-0 Publisher: Columbia University Press Pub. Date: 15 March, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (15 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Over-Detailed And Difficult To Stick With
Comment: I wish I could say I wasn't disappointed in this book, since I was looking forward to a well-researched and engrossing book on a screen legend. However, I had to force myself to finish reading it and came away with very little enjoyment and appreciation for the subject. Very nearly ONE THIRD of the book (the latter portion) is not textual biography, but a glossary, filmography and voluminous footnote after footnote after footnote of data supporting the main body (2/3) of the book. Far too many distracting footnotes referenced on virtually every page of the book were significantly annoying, and in many instances a point was belabored ad infinitum. Many key points of detail and anecdotes relating to admired, classic CG movies weren't present, while others were - sorry - rather beaten to death. Supporting photographs were limited and failed to include more than good shots of the subject at a small, select time of his life. I expected a more linear, cohesive, colloquial narrative unencumbered by redundent grammatical 'precision.' The book was obviously well-researched, but extreme detail does not always do the subject or the audience justice.
Rating: 5
Summary: THE BEST BOOK I'VE READ ON CARY GRANT!
Comment: If you want to find out everything - and I mean EVERYTHING - about Cary Grant then this is the book for you. All other books, including the latest biog, are glitzy and frothy and tell you nothing you hadn't already read if you are a big fan. Also some are not as revelationary as they would like to think.
If you are a serious fan then you can't beat this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: excellent
Comment: This is a top rate read.I've been a fan of the star for as long as I can remember - and I've years and years to remember! - and this biography gives you a quite vivid and thorough sense of what made Mr Grant tick.I don't know what the reader is talking about in that nasty comment about lack of heart - the opposite is true - and the index is just a few pages long - not a third!
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Title: Evenings With Cary Grant: Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best by Nancy Nelson ISBN: 080652412X Publisher: Citadel Trade Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Cary Grant: A Celebration by Richard Schickel ISBN: 1557833389 Publisher: Applause Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title:Biography - Cary Grant: Hollywood's Leading Man ASIN: B000006QKI Publisher: A & E Entertainment Pub. Date: 26 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.95 |
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Title: Cary Grant: Dark Angel by Geoffrey Wansell ISBN: 1559703695 Publisher: Arcade Books Pub. Date: 02 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title:The Awful Truth ASIN: B000085EFE Publisher: Columbia Tristar Hom Pub. Date: 11 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $22.46 |
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