Uncle Mame: The Life of Patrick Dennis

A biography of the bestselling author of Auntie Mame, whose life was just as colorful as any of in his own books.

"Myers's literate, impeccably researched and entertaining biography resurrects this outrageous author of social satires who almost singlehandedly introduced "camp" into mainstream American culture. . . . [A] well-told tale." —Publishers Weekly

Edward Everett Tanner III, under his pseudonyms of Patrick Dennis and Virginia Rowans, was the author of sixteen novels—most of them bestse...