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Summary: Poignant at times, but otherwise hilarious!!!
Review: What a life!! Mr. Edward Everett Tanner (a.k.a. "Pat"...Patrick Dennis...Virginia Rowans) did EVERYthing, wasn't afraid of ANYthing. From the experiences of his deep and lifelong commitment to friends, to wife and children, sprang all of the side-splitting laughter he has left us---"Auntie Mame", though definitely his chef-d'ouvre, is nonetheless only a small part of the body of his extensive work. Too bad it took him the better part of his life to come out to himself---maybe it would have made a difference in his literary output, since so much of his comedy was tied to then-clandestine camp. But who knows or cares? Any man who can find humor even in the penury of his last years is a creative genius on any level. You'll laugh often, and out loud, and get some great lines for cocktail conversation!!
Rating:
Summary: Superb
Review: While a couple of the reviewers here are busy nitpicking things they don't like about this book, they miss the point -- there never HAS been a biography of Patrick Dennis before, and Eric Myers has done a superb job of breaking that silence. I suppose, with an author as well-loved as Dennis, it's inevitable that some of his hardcore fans feel Myers' work doesn't measure up to the imaginary biography they've carried around in their heads all these years. But that shouldn't steer readers away from a very accomplished piece of work that also happens to be great fun to read.
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