{"product_id":"pauline-kael-book-brian-kellow-9780670023127","title":"Pauline Kael","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e A smart and eminently readable examination of the life and career of one of the twentieth century s most influential movie critics. \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Engrossing and thoroughly researched. \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eA\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of 2011\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe first major biography of the most influential, powerful, and controversial film critic of the twentieth century\u003c\/b\u003e\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":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49600119079185,"sku":"GOR006823642","price":13.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49758006346001,"sku":"CIN0670023124VG","price":4.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51273368240401,"sku":"CIN0670023124G","price":7.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51388897067281,"sku":"GOR012766825","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0670023124.jpg?v=1751199122","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/pauline-kael-book-brian-kellow-9780670023127","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}