
By Scott Thorson, Alex Thorleifson
ISBN-10: 0988349485
ISBN-13: 9780988349483
During this strangely frank booklet Scott Thorson tells all: the nice, the undesirable, and the grotesque truths a few mythical entertainer who went to outrageous extremes to avoid public wisdom of his homosexuality. Liberace's unsatisfied adolescence, ruled via a mom decided to strength him right into a live performance profession, serves because the prologue for a narrative that is going directly to element Liberace s early appearances in honky-tonks, his stream to big apple to hunt status, and, eventually, his first reserving in Las Vegas, the place he was once courted by means of the Mafia. His successes create a vibrant counterpoint to a darker story of a guy hungry for strength, given to each extra. Liberace's credo "too a lot of a great factor is wonderful" is mirrored the following in his acquisition of latest fans, sumptuous houses, a wide choice of pornography, and a complete of twenty-six condominium canine. in the back of the Candelabra additionally finds the main points of the essentially soft love affair among Liberace and Thorson whom Liberace despatched to his personal plastic health care provider to have his face reworked in Liberace's personal picture! This fast moving tale, sprinkled with anecdotes approximately recognized entertainers reminiscent of Michael Jackson and Shirley MacLaine, ends with an intimate examine Liberace's ultimate days as he lay loss of life of AIDS and his deathbed reconciliation with Scott.