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Scott Thorson, a poor boy from a succession of foster homes, met
Liberace when he was just 16 years old. Liberace, aged 57, took
Scott under his wing as 'the son he'd never had'. By the time Scott
was 17, he was also Liberace's lover. Liberace lived life by his
credo 'too much of a good thing is wonderful' and Scott shared in
it: the fur coats, the Rolls-Royces, the jewellery, the celebrity
friends, the 26 lap dogs. A more opulent lifestyle is hard to
imagine but it came at a price: Liberace sent Scott to his plastic
surgeon to have his face remodeled in Liberace's own image. By
turns bizarre, shocking and touchingly intimate, Behind the
Candelabra is a compulsive insight in to Liberace, the man behind
the flamboyant performer whose successes provide a bright
counterpoint to a darker tale of a man hungry for power, a man
given to every excess.
In this unusually frank book Scott Thorson tells all: the good, the
bad, and the ugly truths about a legendary entertainer who went to
outrageous extremes to prevent public knowledge of his
homosexuality. Liberace's unhappy childhood, dominated by a mother
determined to force him into a concert career, serves as the
prologue for a story that goes on to detail Liberace's early
appearances in honky-tonks, his move to New York to seek fame, and,
finally, his first booking in Las Vegas, where he was courted by
the Mafia. His successes create a bright counterpoint to a darker
tale of a man hungry for power, given to every excess. Liberace's
credo-"too much of a good thing is wonderful"-is reflected here in
his acquisition of new lovers, luxurious homes, a large collection
of pornography, and a total of twenty-six house dogs. Behind the
Candelabra also reveals the details of the fundamentally tender
love affair 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 story, sprinkled with anecdotes about famous
entertainers such as Michael Jackson and Shirley MacLaine, ends
with an intimate look at Liberace's final days as he lay dying of
AIDS-and his deathbed reconciliation with Scott.
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