This definitive biography of one of the world’s greatest
comedians unflinchingly yet affectionately uncovers the man behind
the cigar.
Here is the amazing career of the man the world recognized as
Groucho: the improbable disasters of the vaudeville years; the Marx
Brothers, an act so funny W.C. Fields refused to follow it; the
unprecedented Broadway success of The Cocoanuts and Animal
Crackers; the cinematic triumphs of Duck Soup and A Night at the
Opera; and the marvelous come-back career as king of the game show
hosts with You Bet Your Life. Here, too, is the man himself: a
lonely middle child who aspired to be a doctor; a man who sabotaged
three marriages; a father alternately indulgent and cruel.
Intelligent and thorough, hilarious and sad, Groucho is a
spectacular biography of the century’s most influential
comedian.