{"product_id":"2026200009873-secondhand-james-agee-a-life","title":"James Agee: A Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Agee—poet, novelist, screenwriter, and film critic—burned through life with an intensity that left an indelible mark on American letters and ultimately consumed him at the age of forty-five. Laurence Bergreen's James Agee: A Life chronicles the full arc of this singular talent, from his privileged yet turbulent Tennessee childhood and his education at Harvard, through his landmark collaboration with photographer Walker Evans on Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, to his acclaimed screenplays for The African Queen and The Night of the Hunter. Bergreen presents a portrait of a man perpetually at war with his own genius, undone by alcoholism, relentless overwork, and an insatiable hunger for experience that pushed his body and spirit to the breaking point.\n\nDrawing on extensive interviews and archival research, Bergreen illuminates the contradictions at the heart of Agee's character—the devout Catholic who lived with reckless abandon, the perfectionist who agonised over every sentence yet struggled to finish anything. His prose style captures both the poetry and the pathos of a life lived at full throttle, positioning Agee as one of the great tragic figures of twentieth-century American literature. For anyone who has ever been haunted by A Death in the Family, this biography reveals the devastating personal truth behind that masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130605347035,"sku":"2026200009873-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/9d75ee23-539c-42ca-be4f-0ee957b186c6.png?v=1786587425","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200009873-secondhand-james-agee-a-life","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}