The Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini - Hardcover

Brandon, Ruth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679424377 ISBN 13: 9780679424376

Publisher: Random House Inc, 1994

Synopsis

An intriguing, intimate study of the world's most famous magician examines Houdini's obsession with death, his death-defying illusions, his relationship with his wife, his secretive personal life, and his death. 25,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

"What is it about this mother-fixated, death-obsessed, overly competitive insomniac...that continues to fascinate us?...What [Ruth Brandon] found was a man with a gift for self-promotion equaling that of Madonna's."
--USA Today

"Elegant...[Brandon reveals] the surprising charisma of the man whose name has, for more than a century, evoked wonder."
--The Boston Globe

"Superb...Brandon is a shrewd and incisive biographer."
--John Banville, Los Angeles Times Book Review

Book Description:

'Brandon has chosen a fascinating subject and written a book that rises to it superbly . . . A compelling account of a peculiar life' Sunday Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0679424377
• ISBN 13: 9780679424376
• Binding: Hardcover