{"product_id":"2026200011719-secondhand-monty-a-biography-of-montgomery-clift","title":"Monty: A Biography Of Montgomery Clift","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew stars burned with such brilliant, self-destructive intensity as Montgomery Clift, and Monty: A Biography of Montgomery Clift presents an unflinching portrait of one of Hollywood's most enigmatic and tormented leading men. Robert LaGuardia chronicles Clift's meteoric rise from Broadway prodigy to silver-screen icon, tracing the triumphs of films like A Place in the Sun and From Here to Eternity alongside the devastating personal demons — alcoholism, drug dependency, and a secret private life — that slowly consumed him.\n\nLaGuardia writes with a journalist's precision and a storyteller's flair, reconstructing Clift's world through meticulous research and intimate interviews with those who knew him best. The biography illuminates the paradox at the heart of Clift's legacy: a man who redefined screen acting with a raw, psychological naturalism that prefigured Marlon Brando and James Dean, yet remained perpetually at war with himself. For anyone captivated by the golden age of Hollywood and its human cost, this account raises a haunting question — what further heights might Clift have reached had he survived himself?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130863001819,"sku":"2026200011719-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/88441acb-6f94-48e7-a7d4-27aad807620d.png?v=1786591360","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011719-secondhand-monty-a-biography-of-montgomery-clift","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}