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Behind the candelabra

by Thorson, Scott; Thorleifson, Alex.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Head of Zeus 2013ISBN: 9781781856710; 9781781856703; 9781781856703; 1781856702; 1781856710.Classification number: 920 THOSubject(s): Thorson | Liberace 1919-1987 | Pianists -- United States -- Biography | Gay men -- United States -- BiographySubject: Scott Thorson, a poor boy from a succession of foster homes, met Liberace when he was just 16 years old. Liberace, aged 57, took Scott under his wing as 'the son he'd never had'. By the time Scott was 17, he was also Liberace's lover. This book is a compulsive insight in to Liberace, the man behind the flamboyant performer whose successes provide a bright counterpoint to a darker tale of a man hungry for power, a man given to every excess.
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Scott Thorson, a poor boy from a succession of foster homes, met Liberace when he was just 16 years old. Liberace, aged 57, took Scott under his wing as 'the son he'd never had'. By the time Scott was 17, he was also Liberace's lover. This book is a compulsive insight in to Liberace, the man behind the flamboyant performer whose successes provide a bright counterpoint to a darker tale of a man hungry for power, a man given to every excess.

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