Harris, Mark
Mike Nichols: A Life
- ISBN 13:
- 9780399562266
- author:
- Harris, Mark
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- The Penguin Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Pages:
- 688
- Dimensions:
- 21.3 x 13.7 x 4.1 centimeters (0
- Genre:
- Biography, Entertainment & Performing Arts, History,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
A magnificent biography of one of America's most protean creative forces in entertainment history, Mike Nichols A Life is a story of dazzling highs and vertiginous plunges. Born Igor Peschkowsky to a Jewish couple in Berlin in 1931, he was sent to America on a ship in 1939 with his younger brother, where he would face numerous challenges as an immigrant boy. Despite being bullied and ostracized due to an allergic reaction that left him permanently hairless, Nichols went on to achieve incredible success. He formed a hit improv duo with Elaine May, directed four consecutive hit plays, won back-to-back Tonys, and ushered in a new era of Hollywood moviemaking with films like Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Graduate. This biography offers an astonishing insight into Nichols' life, from his humble beginnings to his rise as one of the most influential figures in American entertainment.
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