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Ridley, John

 
9780446690751: A Conversation with the Mann
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ISBN 10: 0446690759 ISBN 13: 9780446690751
Editorial: GRAND CENTRAL PUBL, 2003

Sinopsis

What do you want?

"I want the Ed Sullivan Show."

At the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, like a lot of black Americans, comedian Jackie Mann wanted to be somebody. And for him there was only one way to achieve that: to make it big. Make it, no matter the cost: friends, family, one's own self-esteem and self-respect. This is the story of a young man's journey from Harlem to stardom, a story of Hollywood royalty, New York glitterati, Vegas Mafiosi, Northern bigotry, and Southern racism. This is a story of love, honor, betrayal, and redemption; of fame bought and paid for by any means necessary. It is the story of one man's desire and an entire race's demands, and the incredible moment when the two came together as one. This is the story of Jackie Mann.

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Críticas

"Ridley vividly brings to life noirish panoramas of high-stakes show business, as well as the myriad humiliations endured by a black man trying to win fome in egregated America."

Reseña del editor

Dreaming of making it big in the world of entertainment, aspiring black comic Jackie Mann will do anything to achieve his goal, sacrificing friends, family, love, and his own self-respect as he journeys from Harlem to the heights of fame and fortune, in a novel set during the early days of the Civil Rights Movement. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

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Editorial
GRAND CENTRAL PUBL
Año de publicación
2003
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
0446690759
ISBN 13 
9780446690751
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
448
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