by Christopher Bram (Author)
James Whale was the most brilliant director of horror films Hollywood has ever seen, director of such classics as Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein (and indeed every horror film rated with four stars in Halliwell's Film Guide). But he was by no means a typical Hollywood product, both because he was English and because he was openly gay in the Hollywood of the 30s. Christopher Bram's moving and powerful novel portrays Whale in his last weeks of life in 1957, overwhelmed by images of his past, his working class childhood in Britain, Hollywood premieres in the 30s, friendships with Elsa Lanchester, Charles Laughton and Elizabeth Taylor. Consumed by the contrast between his past and his present obscurity, he conspires with his young gardener to provide his life with the dramatic ending it deserves.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 276
Edition: New
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 18 Mar 1999
ISBN 10: 075380865X
ISBN 13: 9780753808658
Book Overview: Now a major film starring Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser and Lynn Redgrave Nationwide release 26th March Gods and Monsters has been nominated for 3 Academy Awards - best actor, best supporting actress and best screenplay It has already won a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actress and 4 Best Actor awards 'Superb! Riveting drama ... one of the best films of the year' Newsday 'A magnificent work of art' New York Observer The book on which the film is based also received excellent reviews: 'Extraordinary. Brimming with atmosphere, as entertaining as it is original. A wonderful book' Clive Barker 'One of the best novelists writing today' Tony Kushner 'A subtle, psychologically shrewd portrait of an artist's last days ... masterful' Los Angeles Times 'Monstrously good' Patrick McGrath 'A fine novel ... pointed, wry, observant and wise. I virtually inhaled it in a single reading' Peter Straub.
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