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This new biography contains excerpts from interviews and articles by and about Curtis all the way from his teens in the Bronx to his death at 85 in 2010. Many of these are little known and provide insights into his complex relationship with fame, family and females, the three obsessions of his life. The book also documents his many struggles with substance abuse, his disenchantment with Hollywood when it failed to take him seriously, the violent deaths of his two brothers, the failure of four of his marriages, a heart attack, the death of a son from a drug overdose and, most importantly, the manner in which his resilient spirit saw him through these challenges and tragedies. It's a revisionist biography which adds significantly to the received wisdom on his life and times, not only through personal interviews but also revelations from two recent books not yet available in English, one written by his daughter Allegra and the other by his ex-wife Christine Kaufmann.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments v
Preface 1
Introduction 3
1. The Outsider 5
2. Reform 12
3. Ollywood 17
4. Sultan of Shlock 30
5. Elite of the Milk Shake Set 37
6. High Wire Act 52
7. The Best of Everything 58
8. A-Lister 67
9. Boys Will Be Girls 78
10. Mixing with the Big Guns 88
11. New Beginnings 101
12. Lightweight 119
13. Into Strangler Hell 136
14. A Passionate Amoeba 144
15. Faded Grandeur 154
16. Author Author 161
17. The Road to Perdition 168
18. Fighting the Demons 177
19. Rendezvous in Dublin 189
20. Meltdown 204
21. Picasso of the Desert 213
Film and Television Listing 225
Chapter Notes 227
Bibliography 241
Index 247
