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Scott Thorson

Behind the Candelabra

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***Now a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon***

Liberace's lover tells all: the good, the bad, and the ugly truths about the legendary entertainer, who never publically admitted he was gay.

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.

Liberace lived life by his credo 'too much of a good thing is wonderful' and Scott shared in it: the fur coats, the Rolls-Royces, the jewellery, the celebrity friends, the 26 lap dogs. A more opulent lifestyle is hard to imagine but it came at a price: Liberace sent Scott to his plastic surgeon to have his face remodeled in Liberace's own image.

By turns bizarre, shocking and touchingly intimate, Behind the Candelabra 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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312 printed pages
Copyright owner
Head of Zeus
Publication year
2013
Publisher
Head of Zeus
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  • anat einharshared an impression5 years ago

    Amazing memoir must read

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  • anat einharhas quoted5 years ago
    At Buckingham Palace we decided to try to shatter the impressively uniformed guard’s perfect composure. Those guards are supposed to stand in front of the gates, hour after hour, without giving any indication that they are aware of the steady stream of tourists who come to stare at them and take their pictures. Considering his fame, Michael didn’t think he’d have any trouble getting their attention. When they failed to respond to his overtures he approached one of the guards and put a pound note on the end of his bayonet. The guard didn’t even blink. So Michael put another pound note on the bayonet and stepped back to see if he would get any
  • anat einharhas quoted5 years ago
    about the holiday at the end of October and from then on it took on gigantic proportions. Few children, even those young enough to believe in Santa Claus, looked forward to the holiday more than he did. Although he considered himself to be a religious man the spiritual aspects of the season paled in importance before the opportunity to spend. Christmas gave him the perfect opportunity to exercise the power he had over the lives of people who worked for him; to reward or punish each individual by the size of the gifts he gave to each.

    By late October he was hard at work making lists of everything he wanted to buy, literally hundreds of items he planned to purchase personally. At one time he’d used the services of a professional shopper
  • anat einharhas quoted5 years ago
    Christmas was the sole exception to his demand for total privacy. He began planning and talking

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