{"product_id":"2940170717231","title":"Behind the Candelabra: My Life With Liberace","description":"In this unusually frank book Scott Thorson, Liberace's longtime lover, tells all: the good, the bad, and the ugly truths about the legendary entertainer who went to outrageous extremes to prevent public knowledge of his homosexuality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiberace's unhappy childhood, dominated by a mother determined to force him into a concert career, serves as the prologue for a story that goes on to detail Liberace's early appearances in honky-tonks, his move to New York to seek fame, and, finally, his first booking in Las Vegas, where he was courted by the Mafia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Thorson attests, such  successes provide a bright counterpoint to a darker tale of a man hungry for power, given to every excess. Liberace's credo-\"too much of a good thing is \u003ci\u003ewonderful\u003c\/i\u003e\"-is reflected here in his acquisition of new lovers, luxurious homes, a large collection of pornography, and a total of twenty-six house dogs. \u003ci\u003eBehind the Candelabra\u003c\/i\u003e above all explores the fundamentally tender love affair between Liberace and Thorson-whom Liberace sent to his own plastic surgeon to have his face remodeled in Liberace's own image!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis fast-paced story, sprinkled with anecdotes about famous entertainers such as Michael Jackson and Shirley MacLaine, ends with an intimate look at Liberace's final days as he lay dying of AIDS-and his deathbed reconciliation with Thorson. Thorson's story will also appear in the upcoming biopic of the same name starring award-winning actors Michael Douglas and Matt Damon.","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098513228016,"sku":"2940170717231","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170717231_p0.jpg?v=1763815353","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170717231","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}