{"product_id":"cary-grant-a-brilliant-disguise-9781501192111","title":"Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise","description":"\u003cb\u003eFilm historian and acclaimed\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ebestselling biographer Scott Eyman has written the definitive, \"captivating\" (Associated Press) biography of Hollywood legend Cary Grant, one of the most accomplished--and beloved--actors of his generation, who remains as popular as ever today.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn Archibald Leach in 1904, he came to America as a teenaged acrobat to find fame and fortune, but he was always haunted by his past. His father was a feckless alcoholic, and his mother was committed to an asylum when Archie was eleven years old. He believed her to be dead until he was informed she was alive when he was thirty-one years old. Because of this experience Grant would have difficulty forming close attachments throughout his life. He married five times and had numerous affairs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite a remarkable degree of success, Grant remained deeply conflicted about his past, his present, his basic identity, and even the public that worshipped him in movies such as \u003ci\u003eGunga Din\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNotorious\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNorth by Northwest.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on Grant's own papers, extensive archival research, and interviews with family and friends, this is the definitive portrait of a movie immortal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eyman, Scott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501192111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.60w x 1.80d","brand":"Scott Eyman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33052787015755,"sku":"9781501192111","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_1ad6a191-edc9-42e3-8aa0-801672cb054c.jpg?v=1612230098","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/cary-grant-a-brilliant-disguise-9781501192111","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}