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Good in Very Good jacket. Book Octavo, hardcover, dj in mylar; VG ex lib. copy, (stamp on endpaper) in near fine black and white pictorial dj. 464 pp. including index. One of our century's greatest entertainers-music hall preformer, singer, dancer, star of stage and screen. From the hills of his native Tuscany to New York's Metropolitan Opera House, from the Alcazar music hall in Marseilles to the studios of Hollywood, from the nightclubs of occupied France to Khrushchev's Kremlin.
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Fine. Fine Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-10" Tall 1st American Edition stated on coyright page. fine looks aobut new with a tiny red dot remainder mark on bottom ege. The jacket is fine and protected in a new plastic archival sleeve.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. With remainder mark. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Good. Hardcover This item shows wear from consistent use but remains in good readable condition. It may have marks on or in it, and may show other signs of previous use or shelf wear. May have minor creases or signs of wear on dust jacket. Packed with care, shipped promptly.
This book wears two hats - one of biography and the other of political history, which disappoints because the mix is like oil and water. Yves Montand, as can be assessed by the hours of tapes transcribed here, is a splendid subject of interest, his life one of family fights, changing beliefs, talent and love. Married to Simone Signoret from 1951 until her death in 1985, he led the field in stage entertainment in France and later, in film. Certainly he was a political animal post World War II, espousing the Communist credo with confidence, and later gradually weaning himself away from it when the Stalin purges and Soviet invasions into Eastern European countries became known, but the co-authors' output on these matters throws off the balance in the work. We get descriptions of friends, and friends of friends on the political front, whereas his relationship with Signoret (the ballast in his life) is sometimes shunted to the side. For instance, her sojourn in London during the making of "Room At The Top" and the subsequent Oscar is a matter of a couple of paragraphs, and towards the end of the book when she is still alive, she is hardly mentioned at all, although Montand's radio speeches certainly are - with gusto. Her subsequent death, although well-written, is covered in a few words - just a precis really.
What is excellent is the account of Montand's affair with Marilyn Monroe in the 1960s, for it seems he is finally speaking about it. This gripping and touching account, with Signoret's forbearance and pain described austerely and economically, is the highlight of the book.
Montand's relationship with Carole Amiel in the last stages of Signoret's life, and later his marriage to her, is delicately done, with simply a by-line for Valentin, his son by the union.
The authors obviously had a liking and compassion for their subject, but if they had reined in their over-interest in politics, it would have been meatier on the biography side.
