When people think about Marlon Brando, they think of the film star, the hunk and the scandals. Susan L. Mizruchi finds the Brando others have missed: the man who collected four thousand books; the man who rewrote scripts, trimming his lines to make them sharper; the man who consciously used his body and employed the objects around him to create believable characters; the man who used his fame to foster American Indian and civil rights. From Brando's letters, audiotapes and annotated screenplays and books-many never before available-Mizruchi gives us a complex person whose intelligence belies the school dropout. She shows how Brando's embrace of foreign cultures and outsiders led to brilliant performances in unusual roles, fostering empathy on a global scale. In portraying a fuller Brando, Mizruchi portrays a more fascinating man than the one we thought we knew.

About the Author
Susan L. Mizruchi, a professor of English at Boston University, specializes in American literature, cultural history, and film.

Reviews
"Biographers have often highlighted Marlon Brando's eccentricities. But in this sympathetic portrait, Mizruchi plays up his intellectualism: Brando was an autodidact with a library of 4,000 books, not to mention a great editor of his own lines." -- Rebecca Rose, Best Books of 2014 - Financial Times
"...there is much to enjoy here for the confirmed Brando fan." -- Mail on Sunday
"... this exhilarating new biography homes in on the kind of details that any serious Brando fan will devour like a starving man in the desert." -- Antonio Quirke, Summer Reading - Financial Times
"Engrossing biography...Some great photos, too." -- The Bookseller
"...this always interesting, addictive book..." -- Financial Times



Book Information
ISBN 9780393351200
Author Susan L. Mizruchi
Format Paperback
Page Count 512
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 393g
Dimensions(mm) 211mm * 140mm * 33mm