{"product_id":"finale-book-d-t-max-9780063279810","title":"Finale","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Brazenly entertaining. . . . It summons to the page a Broadway voice like no other.\"--Los Angeles Times\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[An] erudite and affably self-conscious memoir of the creative process.\"--Vulture\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn intimate portrait of a genius: the late Stephen Sondheim in a series of illuminating and deeply personal interviews from the last years of his life--conversations that show the composer-lyricist as he has likely never been seen before.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 2017, New Yorker staff writer D.T. Max began working on a major profile of Stephen Sondheim that would be timed to the eventual premiere of a new musical Sondheim was writing. Sadly , that process - and the years of conversation - was cut short by Sondheim's own hesitations, then the global pandemic, and finally by the great artist's death in November 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow, Max has taken the raw version of these conversations and knit them together into an unforgettable work of literature and celebration. Finale reveals Sondheim--a star who disliked the spotlight--at his most relaxed, thoughtful, sardonic, and engaging, as he talks about work, music, movies, family, New York City, aging, the creative process, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMax brings you into the room and gives you a front row seat for their unusual and intimate three-year-long \"pas de deux.\" The two bond, spar, separate, and reunite, as Max elicits from Sondheim a candor and vulnerability he seldom displayed in public. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a unique portrait of an artist in his twilight, offering remarkable insight into the mind and heart of a genius whose work changed American musical theater and popular culture forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49677366591761,"sku":"CIN0063279819G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49951525667089,"sku":"CIN0063279819VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51023448604945,"sku":"GOR014165815","price":20.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51069271179537,"sku":"NIN9780063279810","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51323856552209,"sku":"CIN0063279819A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0063279819.jpg?v=1751069385","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/finale-book-d-t-max-9780063279810","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}