false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174376722m/390296.jpg 390296 4 How do you write the biography of a cipher? That's the daunting challenge veteran Hollywood biographer Ed Sikov tackles in exploring the life of one of the 20th century's most acclaimed comic actors. Peter Sellers' uncanny talents as a mimic would inform everything from English radio's <I>Goon Show</I> and the highly profitable--if increasingly broad--cycle of Inspector Clouseau <I>Pink Panther</I> films to his brilliant turn as Chauncey Gardiner in <I>Being There</I>, a role that had all too many discomforting parallels to Sellers' own cryptic personality. Sikov reveals that the man long hailed as comedy's greatest chameleon was in fact a tragic, troubled personal vacuum, the only child of a literal stage mother who indulged his every whim, yet left him a distinct void for a soul. Sikov interviews many of the relatives, intimates, and survivors of Sellers that filled his alternately strange and spectacular life, while thoroughly chronicling every professional triumph and more than a few missteps. Sikov's straightforward reporting, seasoned by his own dry wit, details the parts that made up the man, but the sum remains an ever compelling enigma. As <I>Lolita</I> and <I>Dr. Strangelove</I> director Stanley Kubrick, no slouch in the personal riddle sweepstakes himself, once said of Sellers: "There is no such person." <I>--Jerry McCulley</I> 379909 2002 Mr. Strangelove: A Biography of Peter Sellers total:41|5:10|4:13|3:16|2:2|1:0| 41 154 56 3 2 0 false false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 09:51:32 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 18:48:12 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Oct 11 23:49:45 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 23:52:22 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sat Jul 05 10:39:48 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 10:40:03 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Nov 18 11:54:58 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 11:54:58 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 15 01:13:57 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 01:13:57 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 04 20:58:34 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 20:58:34 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Sep 04 04:41:07 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 04:41:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 31 15:30:02 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 15:30:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 19 12:41:36 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 13:26:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 13 07:38:45 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 07:38:51 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 10:35:45 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 08:48:42 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 10:35:45 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jun 23 15:41:05 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 15:41:05 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jun 06 17:48:54 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 17:48:54 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Wed Jun 03 19:28:30 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 19:28:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 09 17:38:45 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 17:38:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 09 13:56:13 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 13:56:13 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Mar 29 15:30:46 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 15:30:46 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Mar 23 22:01:15 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 22:01:15 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 08 01:38:15 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 01:38:15 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Feb 27 12:28:12 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 12:28:16 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=390296