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Through diaries, characters, government data, and interviews, Carl Rollyson pulls a essential and vibrant portrait of the life span, the work, and the star of Lillian Hellman: America's most questionable radical playwright. Rollyson explores the resources and backgrounds of her best-selling memoirs, the introduction of her politics, her successful screenwriting profession, and her famous appearance before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. He provides amusing and interesting accounts of her feud with Mary McCarthy, and her many love affairs and unusual friendships. He also offers a provocative and compelling portrayal of this complex and great woman, who was simply called from a "viper" and "a goddam liar" to "an empathetic genius with a highly original and penetrating mind." Near fatality, Hellman spoke of being blocked; this biography will show what received in her way.