So Far [FIRST EDTION, FIRST PRINTING]

Grammer, Kelsey

Verlag: Dutton / Penguin Group, New York, 1995

Beschreibung

As new condition white boards, white spine, and gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Acknowledgments; Preliminary Page Quote from "Atlantis" by W.H. Auden; Author's Note; and Introduction. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates, a black-and-white photographic portrait frontispiece and black-and-white rear endpaper photograph. "Kelsey Grammer On Frasier: There is only one casting decision on Frasier that I have occasionally questioned. The dog. Grr. On Women: Nice girls made me really nervous, claustrophobic. But broken women, women in pain, women looking to be fixed - ah, for these women the doctor was in. On Life: If you lose your demons, you lose your angels, or so I used to think. But that doesn't scare me anymore. My demons are always going toe be there. They're along for the ride. I just spend a lot less time hanging out with them than I used to. These days I prefer chatting with my angels." - from the rear outer jacket. "Kelsey Grammer is one of America's best-loved performers - a Shakespearean actor who became an instant celebrity when he joined the cast of Cheers and went on to expand his legion of fans with his own top-rated, Emmy Award-winning show, Frasier. But Kelsey Grammer could never be confused with Dr. Frasier Crane, the uptight, buttoned-down psychiatrist he plays on television. His life has been anything but in control - and in So Far., his unsparing account of his roller-coaster past, he touches every base, from the deeply tragic to the comically sublime. Mosts readers know Kelsey Grammer as the popular actor who has become the only alumnus of Cheers to have a hit show of his own. Some know the Kelsey Grammer of tabliod stories: the man who has been arrested and jailed, who ended his second marriage after he alleged that he was a battered husband, and who has been the target of headline-making scandals. In this uncensored, uninhibited, and totally irreverent memoir, Kelsey Grammer puts the two sides of his personality together for the first time and explains the horrific origins of his compelling but erratic life. Lost and broken, trapped by family patterns and haunted by violent death, Grammer found himself seeking relief in liquor, drugs, and women. He found his ultimate relief, though, in his craft. And here Grammer is at his most hilarious. At the prestigious Juilliard School in New York, he's the acting student with long hair, a surfboard, and an attitude to match. In a New York performance, he gets respect by throwing a Broadway superstar off the stage. And when life gets too intense on the set of Cheers, he plays hooky with Ted Danson and fellow barflies. This is hardly the now-typical Hollywood story of loss and redemption. In these pages Kelsey Grammer is a seeker of meaning who uses even the most heartbreaking moments of his life to forge a code of survival and a rich spirituality. Every page bears the mark of the man who uses television to elevate as well as entertain. With 16 pages of personal, many never-before-seen pictures, So Far. sets a new standard for candor." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 007871

Bibliografische Details

Titel: So Far [FIRST EDTION, FIRST PRINTING]

Verlag: Dutton / Penguin Group, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1995

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Stuart, Neil (jacket design); McLaughlin, Michael (front jacket photograph); Watson, Stuart (back jackt photograph)

Zustand: As New

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New

Auflage: 1st Edition