{"product_id":"9780140254563","title":"Orson Welles: Volume 1: The Road to Xanadu","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A splendidly entertaining, definitive work.”\u003ci\u003e—Entertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this first installment of his masterful biography, Simon Callow captures the chameleonic genius of Orson Welles as only an actor\/director deeply rooted in the entertainment industry could. Here is Welles’s prodigious childhood; his youth in New York, with its fraught partnership with John Houseman and the groundbreaking triumph of his all-black \u003ci\u003eMacbeth;\u003c\/i\u003e the pioneering radio work that culminated in the notorious 1938 broadcast of \u003ci\u003eWar of the Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e; and finally, his work in Hollywood, including an authoritative account of the making of \u003ci\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/i\u003e. Rich in detail and insight, this is far and away the definitive look at Orson Welles—a figure even more extraordinary than the myths that have surrounded him.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47014431686896,"sku":"9780140254563","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780140254563_p0.jpg?v=1763642259","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780140254563","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}