{"product_id":"9781101545324","title":"Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A smart and eminently readable examination of the life and career of one of the twentieth century’s most influential movie critics.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Engrossing and thoroughly researched.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• \u003c\/b\u003eA\u003ci\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2011 \u003cb\u003e•\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first major biography of the most influential, powerful, and controversial film critic of the twentieth century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003ePauline Kael was, in the words of \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's movie reviewer Owen Gleiberman, \"the Elvis or Beatles of film criticism.\" During her tenure at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e from 1968 to 1991, she was the most widely read and, often enough, the most provocative critic in America. In this first full-length biography of the legend who changed the face of film criticism, acclaimed author Brian Kellow (author of \u003ci\u003eCan I Go Now?: The Life of Sue Mengers, Hollywood's First Superagent\u003c\/i\u003e) gives readers a richly detailed view of Kael's remarkable life—from her youth in rural California to her early struggles to establish her writing career to her peak years at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Trade Paperback edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134184440048,"sku":"9781101545324","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101545324_p0.jpg?v=1763687418","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101545324","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}