{"product_id":"9780307273451","title":"The Journals of Spalding Gray","description":"Riveting, funny, heartbreaking, at once raw and lyrical: these journals reveal the complexity of the actor\/writer who invented the autobiographical monologue and perfected the form in such celebrated works as \u003ci\u003eSwimming to Cambodia.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is the first intimate portrait we have of the man behind the charismatic performer who ended his life in 2004: evolving artist, conflicted celebrity, a man struggling for years with depression before finally succumbing to its most desperate impulse. Begun when he was twenty-five, the journals give us Gray’s reflections on his childhood; his craving for success; the downtown New York arts scene of the 1970s; his love affairs, marriages and fatherhood; his travels in Europe and Asia; and throughout, his passion for the theater, where he worked to balance his compulsion to tell all with his terror of having his deepest secrets exposed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCulled from more than five thousand pages and including interviews with friends, colleagues, lovers, and family, \u003ci\u003eThe Journals of Spalding Gray\u003c\/i\u003e gives us a haunting portrait of a creative genius who we thought had told us everything about himself—until now.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027283198192,"sku":"9780307273451","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780307273451_p0.jpg?v=1763671696","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780307273451","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}