George S. Kaufman An Intimate Portrait

Plot

Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of this brilliant playwright. He led an incredibly full and fasicnating life. The compnay he kept was unparalleled. This book reveals his earliest days as a child growing up in Pennsylvania to his marriage to Beatrice along with his many collaborations with the top writers of the period, many who joined him at the Algonquin Round Table. This book discusses the many women in his life. One chapter is devoted to his daugher. A very talented and complex man. Teichmann captures the atmosphere of this circle of unparalled wits so that you can enjoy the humor with hangover optional.