James Dean: The Mutant King: A Biography

by David Dalton

Overview

This is the book that restarted the James Dean cult by celebrating him as the cool, defiant visionary of pop culture who made adolescence seem heroic instead of awkward and who defined the style of rock ’n’ roll’s politics of delinquency. The only book to fully show how deliberately and carefully Dean crafted his own image and performances, and the product of still unequalled research, vivid writing, intimate photographs, and profound meditation, James Dean: The Mutant King has become almost as legendary as its subject.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781556523984
Publisher:	Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	09/01/2001
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)

Editorial Reviews

Pure, poetic gold. . . . A spellbinding portrait.” —Houston Post

“Vividly intimate, engrossing.” —Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

Pure, poetic gold. . . . A spellbinding portrait.

Houston Post

One of the best books ever written about the iconic, laconic actor.
— Winston-Salem Journal

Mark Burger