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Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh

by John Lahr

Hardcover, 765 pages, W W Norton & Co Inc, List Price: $39.95 |

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A biography of one of America's most treasured playwrights describes the writer's public persona as well as his personal life, including conflicts with his family, his sexuality and multiple affairs and even his misreported death.

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