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Within this unusually frank book Scott Thorson, Liberace's longtime enthusiast, tells all: the nice, the bad, and the unsightly truths about the legendary entertainer who went to outrageous extremes to prevent public knowledge of his homosexuality. Liberace's unhappy child years, dominated by a mother decided to pressure him into a concert career, acts as the prologue for a story that continues on to aspect Liberace's early looks in honky-tonks, his proceed to New York to get fame, and, finally, his first arranging in Las Vegas, where he was courted by the Mafia. As Thorson attests, such successes provide a glowing counterpoint to a darker tale of a guy hungry for ability, given to every extra. Liberace's credo - "too much of a very important thing is wonderful" - is reflected here in his acquisition of new enthusiasts, luxurious homes, a sizable collection of pornography, and a complete of 26 house canines. Behind the Candelabra most importantly explores the fundamentally soft romance between Liberace and Thorson - whom Liberace sent to his own plastic surgeon to have his face remodeled in Liberace's own image! This fast-paced storyline, sprinkled with anecdotes about famous entertainers such as Michael Jackson and Shirley MacLaine, ends with a romantic look at Liberace's final days and nights as he lay down dying of AIDS - and his deathbed reconciliation with Thorson. Thorson's storyline will also come in the future biopic of the same name starring award-winning actors Michael Douglas and Matt Damon.
