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John Osborne : the many lives of the angry young man

Title

John Osborne : the many lives of the angry young man / John Heilpern.

Author

Heilpern, John.

Publication

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.

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Description

xv, 527 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 25 cm.

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Note

Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 2006.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-513) and index.

Contents

The Hurst -- A patriot for us -- Mother and son -- "Every day is mother's day to me" -- Father and son -- The naked Christ -- Why Ozzy was expelled from school -- The first father figure -- The apprentice actor in search of a home -- What is truth and what is fable? -- Aunt Edna's knitting needles -- The apprentice playwright in search of an audience -- First love, first marriage -- First divorce -- A subject of scandal and concern -- The father reclaims the son -- Proceed to Texas -- Critics -- Context is all -- Three prize victims -- Success -- A typical night on Montana Street -- Take my wife...puhleeze! -- Good, brave causes -- Damn you, England -- "The biggest floperoo ever" -- Runaway lovers -- Another perfect house party -- The case of Osborne's son -- Spiritual longing -- Third marriage -- Inadmissiable Evidence -- A Patriot for Me -- The death of George Divine -- Breakdown -- The real thing -- My dear Tony -- Lost illusions -- "The chapter of accidents" -- Watch It Come Down -- A Better Class of Person -- Country matters -- What happened to Nolan -- En route to Shropshire -- Strindberg's man in England -- Déjàvu -- The end -- Epilogue and the search for faith.

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