Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh - Softcover

A masterpiece.--Hilton Als

A crucial contribution to the arguments that should always rage around a man who was one of the greatest American playwrights of his tempestuous century.--Chris Jones

Raises the curtain on Tennessee Williams.--Elissa Schappell

There is only one word for this biography: superb.

Splendid beyond words. It would be hard to imagine a more satisfying biography.--Bill Bryson

This is a masterpiece about a genius. Only John Lahr, with his perceptions about the theater, about writers, about poetry, and about people could have written this book. What a marvelous read.--Helen Mirren

A splendid book, one of the finest critical biographies extant.--Robert Brustein

At once sensitive and magisterial, and it fulfills the ultimate test for a literary biography by convincing you that the works cannot be understood without it. Once you have read it, it becomes part of their meaning.--John Carey

It is a masterpiece on several levels: of synthesis and analysis (an amazing life apprehended afresh, with great learning lightly borne and a strong streak of showbiz savvy; a page-turner that is almost embarrassingly devourable).--Paul Taylor

Essential reading for anyone who cares about the theater.--Wendy Smith

A biography of one of America's most treasured playwrights describes the writer's public persona as well as his more personal life, including conflicts with his family, his sexuality and multiple affairs and even his misreported death. 35,000 first printing.