{"product_id":"books-pauline-kael-by-brian-kellow","title":"Pauline Kael","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A smart and eminently readable examination of the life and career of one of the twentieth century's most influential movie critics.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Engrossing and thoroughly researched.\"--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e * \u003c\/b\u003eA\u003ci\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2011 \u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The first major biography of the most influential, powerful, and controversial film critic of the twentieth century \u003cp\u003ePauline Kael was, in the words of \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's movie reviewer Owen Gleiberman, \"the Elvis or Beatles of film criticism.\" During her tenure at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e from 1968 to 1991, she was the most widely read and, often enough, the most provocative critic in America. In this first full-length biography of the legend who changed the face of film criticism, acclaimed author Brian Kellow (author of \u003ci\u003eCan I Go Now?: The Life of Sue Mengers, Hollywood's First Superagent\u003c\/i\u003e) gives readers a richly detailed view of Kael's remarkable life--from her youth in rural California to her early struggles to establish her writing career to her peak years at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54421427290385,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780143122203.jpg?v=1787585050","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-pauline-kael-by-brian-kellow","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}