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"The
best book about Brando that's ever been written…This is the most
revealing portrait of the man that I've ever seen."
--Jules Buck, producer
"Fascinating…Brando remains one of the century's truly remarkable
and intriguing characters. … Grobel painstakingly nurtures his
sometimes obstinate subject into a state of openness…As interesting as
the interview itself is the commentary Grobel provides…A must
purchase."
--Booklist
"Pure, unadulterated Brando: diverse philosophical gambits,
outrageous quips, pointed anecdotes and thoughtful comments on his
life…Grobel is the interviewer's interviewer."
-Playboy
"A fascinating document. It explains Brando accurately: the
torment, the arrogance-almost willed toward self-destruction-but above
all, the soaring talent. It frightened me in a way. It's a scary book.
Brando is challenging and more fearless than the rest of us dare to
be."
--James A. Michener, novelist
"This interview shows Brando to be the sanest man in America…A
volume of conversation guaranteed to entertain."
--J.P.Donleavy, novelist and playwright
"This book is one of the most complete pictures of the interview
process and its aftermath available to readers….Grobel's mastery of
the interview form is never in doubt."
--Rick Schultz, Village View
--"If
there is a Mozart of Interviewers, Larry Grobel is that individual…If
the Interview as an art form emerges as a predominant prose genre in the
21st century, it will be the 5result of interviewers like Larry who
manage to be both invisible and yet subtly dominating. In Larry's case,
the Mozartian metaphor has a twofold meaning: the interviewer's apparent
ease of execution and the consistently high quality of the work."
--Joyce Carol Oates
"A legend among journalists, Grobel's penchant for landing the
impossible subjects has earned him respect among his peers."
--Writer's Digest
"I've admired Mr. Grobel's work for the past eight years, since he
became Playboy's star celebrity interviewer. He is a respected master at
this form."
--Michael Luzzi, Goodlife Magazine, Feb. 1986
"Making a living as an interviewer and observer of celebrities is
something many writers dream about, but few attain. Patience,
persistence and ability to function under pressure are only a few of the
skills required to perform in this demanding profession. So when Playboy
magazine, the publication that turned question-and-answer from a science
into an art, named Larry Grobel the "interviewer's
interviewer," it was the consummate compliment."
--Marie Moneysmith, Satellite Orbit, Sept. 1983
"Larry Grobel senses there are no answers in life, only questions.
Good ones."
--Robert Towne, screenwriter
"Larry
Grobel has to be regarded as the most intelligent interviewer in the
United States. A fact that this present volume brilliantly, and
fascinatingly demonstrates."
--from the foreword by J.P. Donleavy
"As an interviewer Larry's all the things Joyce Carol Oates has
said he is: prepared, adaptable, and graced with the intelligence needed
to shoot the breeze and elicit intriguing responses from uncommonly
gifted and often uncommonly suspicious subjects,"
--Robert Towne
"In his quiet, conversational way, Larry gets people to talk about
things they'd rather not talk about."
--Elmore Leonard
"There are few interviewers that you actually want to talk to.
Larry Grobel is at the top of my list.
--Dylan McDermott
"Trust is the beginning of a good interview: you want to break
through that wall. You can't get someone to open up and give you a good
interview if you don't trust the interviewer. And Larry is somebody who
is trustworthy."
--Hugh Hefner
"Some of the most fulfilling stories I've worked on have been Larry
Grobel's. What I like most about Larry's style is that he is never, ever
intimidated or star struck by his subjects. He asks the hard questions
and he goes off the beaten path, asking people not just about movies,
but about religion, art and politics. Larry asks the right
questions."
-- Heidi Parker (West Coast editor of Playboy; former
editor of Movieline)
"Conversations with Brando is one of the most complete
pictures of the interview process and its aftermath available to
readers….Grobel's mastery of the interview form is never in
doubt."
--Rick Schultz, Village View
"I think I could read Lawrence Grobel forever....His previous
books, Above the Line: Conversations About the Movies, Conversations
with Capote, The Hustons, Conversations with Brando, and Talking
With Michener, are textbook studies in the nimble, alchemical art of
interviewing someone--listening well, asking improper questions when
necessary, and transforming the somewhat artificial setup of an
interview into intriguing dialogue....Grobel deserves a chunk of your
reading time; he's able to take you in directions you didn't think you'd
be heading."
--Clay Smith, Austin
Chronicle
[CONVERSATIONS WITH CAPOTE]
"A candid, controversial, and engrossing read…from a tiny terror
who wore brass knuckles on his tongue."
--PARADE
"Startling."
-Star
"Very hot."
-Liz Smith, N.Y. Daily News
"Certain to be one of the most talked-about books. Whether
discussing his views on lovers and loving, politicians and politics,
murderers and murder, or writers and writing, Capote can be depended
upon to elevate gossip and opinion to the level of art."
--Huntsville News
"A marvelous book. Vivacious, intelligent, beastly, informative,
with a volatile but recognizable integrity, there's hardly a sentence
which bores, and it should have been twice as long."
--Duncan Fallowell, Spectator
[THE HUSTONS]
"A Masterpiece of Hollywood reportage that shall reverberate for
years."
--James A Michener
"The best book of the year, Grobel's writing is quite marvelous.
The Hustons reads vividly, just like one of John Huston's great
films."
--J.P. Donleavy
"Biography writing at its absolute best."
--Larry King, USA Today
"A feast of a book.."
--David Thomson, The New Republic
"The Hustons reads alike a gutsy movie that might have been made by
Huston himself: lots of melodrama, traumas and triumphs, womanizing and
affairs, demons and ambitions. And always life carried on with
flair."
--Hollywood Reporter
"An engrossing study in family dyanamics…Marvelous…This is one
of the best biographies of a Hollywood personality since-actually, I
can't recall since when."
--Alyn Brodsky, The Miami Herald
"An immensely enjoyable read. The Hustons is fact but it reads like
a romantic, exciting and compelling novel."
--Frank Thompson, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"The Hustons is a delicious, wicked guide to the delicious, wicked
life of a sly, sadistic scoundrel who, for all his boozing, bullying,
braggadocio, was equaled only by Byron in the sentimental cynicism and
fecund carelessness with which he played the world's game."
--Frederic Raphael, The Sunday Times
"Grobel has written a brilliant book: it moves like a montage train
that knows where to stop to tell you the salient facts and then catches
speed so that the reader is magnetized to this book, which I predict
will win awards for biography."
--Connie Martinson, Talks Books
"Huston was one of the characters Americans always need for our
praise, scorn, and titillation-the royalty the Constitution forces us to
seek outside of government. Lawrence Grobel's The Hustons is of that
fine, American myth-making tradition, and…though it's hefty, it's
excellent. It's a superb book…an engaging, well-drawn portrait, not
only of a show business family dynasty, but of modern American
culture."
--Steven Kane, L.A. Reader
"The best biography to date of John Huston…this 800 page book is
the work to which all future biographers and critics must turn…Grobel
writes lucidly and brightly…a first-class story about a personality
more curious and fascinating than most characters in fiction."
--Kirk Honeycutt, Daily News
[ABOVE THE LINE: CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE MOVIES]
"This book satisfies on every level. I ate my copy and feel very
full."
--Steve Martin, cover blurb
"A diverse and lively collection, the highest art of the
interview."
--Joyce Carol Oates
"Larry Grobel's interviews are informative and insightful without
being pandering or intrusive. You get the sense at all times of both
intelligence at work-the interviewee's and Grobel's-both inspired by the
encounter."
--David Duchovny
"There are few interviewers that you actually want to talk to.
Larry Grobel is at the top of my list. Above the Line is quintessential
Grobel-it's smart, witty, and a whole lot of fun. There are passages in
this book that will leave you stunned."
--Dylan McDermott
"In his quiet, conversational way, Larry gets people to talk about
things they'd rather not talk about."
--Elmore Leonard
[ENDANGERED SPECIES: Writers Talk About Their Craft, Their Visions,
Their Lives]
"As an interviewer Larry's all the things Joyce Carol Oates has
said he is: prepared, adaptable, and graced with the intelligence needed
to shoot the breeze and elicit intriguing responses from uncommonly
gifted and often uncommonly suspicious subjects."
--Robert Towne, foreword to Endangered Species
"I think I could read Lawrence Grobel forever....His previous
books, Above the Line: Conversations About the Movies, Conversations
with Capote, The Hustons, Conversations with Brando, and Talking With
Michener, are textbook studies in the nimble, alchemical art of
interviewing someone--listening well, asking improper questions when
necessary, and transforming the somewhat artificial setup of an
interview into intriguing dialogue....Grobel deserves a chunk of your
reading time; he's able to take you in directions you didn't think you'd
be heading."
--Clay Smith, Austin Chronicle
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