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THE HUSTONS

Lawrence Grobel

The Life and Times of a Hollywood Dynasty

THE HUSTONS was first published in the US by Scribner in 1989; It was hailed by the New York Times as "extensive and fascinating, stuffed with movie lore and opinions from more than two hundred interviews — perhaps setting a new record for Hollywood books." Scribner revered rights to the author in 1995; Cooper Square Press published the book again in 2000. Rights reverted to the author in 2005. Skyhorse is bringing this glorious Hollywood dynasty biography back into print for July 2014 — the book has been completely updated.

In Grobel's candid biography the remarkable Huston family is chronicled: a family which boasts three Oscar winners — Walter, John, and Anjelica — with particular attention to the rich career and tumultuous personal life of director/actor John Huston (1906-1987). This updated edition covers Angelica's stormy relationship with Jack Nicholson, her liberating marriage to artist Robert Graham, the exploits of her brothers Tony and Danny, the mysterious silence of Maricela (John's last love interest), and more. Lawrence Grobel is the author of 18 books and a contributor to numerous publications including the New York Times, Newsday, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Reader’s Digest, Parade, Details, TV Guide, Redbook, Cosmopolitan, Penthouse, Writer’s Digest, and AARP. Grobel’s books have all been New York Times bestsellers, including Conversations with Capote; Conversations with Brando; and Climbing Higher with Montel Williams. His website is www.lawrencegrobel.com.

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Book Published 2014-07-01 by Skyhorse

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A delicious, wicked guide to the delicious, wicked life of a sly, sadistic scoundrel who, for all his boozing, bullying, braggadocio, was equaled only by Byron in the sentimental cynicism and fecund carelessness with which he played the world’s game.

Reads alike a gutsy movie that might have been made by Huston himself: lots of melodrama, traumas and triumphs, womanizing and affairs, demons and ambitions. And always life carried on with flair.

he best book of the year, Grobel’s writing is quite marvelous. Reads vividly, just like one of John Huston’s great films.

An ambitious family biography, embracing actor Walter, his writer-director-actor son John, and John’s three children, actress Anjelica, writer Tony, and director Danny . . . The focus is on John, who over the last three years of his life granted extensive interviews to the author.

Grobel’s research is the most impressive aspect of this massive volume, and he is even-handed.

A masterpiece of Hollywood reportage that shall reverberate for years.

Biography writing at its absolute best.