Me and Orson Welles (Film Tie in)

Me and Orson Welles (Film Tie in)

by RobertKaplow (Author)

Synopsis

SPECIAL TIE-IN EDITION INCLUDING EXCLUSIVE IMAGES FROM THE FILM. Richard is a 17-year-old kid from New Jersey with the gift of the gab and an eye for the ladies. He's bored with school and dreams of making it big in the dazzling world of 1930s Manhattan. This is the story of one week in Richard's life, when he miraculously gets a part in a history-making production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar at the Mercury theatre, New York. It's the week falls in love, and falls out of love again; it's the week he changes his middle name - twice. It's also the week he meets the colossally talented, fearsomely charming, soon-to-be-superstar Orson Welles. After this week, Richard's life will never be the same again.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: Film Tie-In
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 26 Nov 2009

ISBN 10: 0099540193
ISBN 13: 9780099540199
Book Overview: Now a major motion picture starring Claire Danes and Zac Efron.

Media Reviews
Sleekly groomed, diverting, unpretentious...Orson Welles bestrides this narrative like a colossus...you feel the horror of a gifted artist metastasizing into that most twisted and unnatural of beings: a Star Washington Post One of the best depictions of male adolescent yearning ever to hit the page Kirkus Reviews Inventive... In the span of 269 breezy pages, [Richard] falls in love, has his heart broken, sees his showbiz dreams crushed, and - beautifully, almost imperceptibly - becomes a man Entertainment Weekly A charming novel... should be rationed and savoured over many days Independent Bright, enthusiastic...entertaining Publishers Weekly
Author Bio
Robert Kaplow is a teacher and writer who for over fifteen years has written satirical songs and sketches for National Public Radio's Morning Edition, where he created 'Moe Moskowitz and the Punsters'. His acclaimed young adult novels include Alessandra in Love and Alex Icicle: A Romance in Ten Torrid Chapters. He is also the other author of two literary satires: The Cat Who Killed Lilian Jackson Braun and Who's Killing the Great Writers of America?