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Rosebud: The Story Of Orson Welles

On sale

2nd October 1997

Price: £13.99

Selected:  Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780349109091

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Rosebud is a riveting and powerful portrait of the rise and fall of one of Hollywood’s greatest innovators – the man who brought us Citizen Kane and then lost himself to obesity, small talk and conjuring tricks on daytime television.
With humour, pace and the twists of a mystery story, acclaimed film critic and writer David Thomson probes the essential questions surrounding Welles, exploring the ferocious energy and demonic intellect behind the boy genius. Challenging, idiosyncratic, compelling: Rosebud understands Welles as no other study has, and in a way that leaves the reader breathless, amused and deeply moved by the wonder that was once Orson.

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Sunday TIMES
Hugely entertaining.
MAIL on Sunday
Marvellous...a great book.
Independent on Sunday
Irresistible ... Do the publishers require a shrieking blurb for Rosebud? Glad to oblige. Let them simply recycle, with due attention to the adjective's roots in "terror", the poster slogan for Citizen Kane: "It's terrific!"'
Guardian
The glory of Thomson's superb book is that he never tries to resolve the questions raised; he just makes you want to rewind this bewildering newsreel back to the beginning and puzzle out those questions all over again