As a child, Charlie Chaplin was awed and inspired by the sight of the glamorous vaudeville stars passing by his home, and from then on he never lost his ambition to become an actor. Chaplin’s film career as the Little Tramp adored by the whole world is the stuff of legend, but this frank autobiography shows another side: his childhood of grinding poverty in the south London slums and early debut on the music hall stage, his lucky break in America, the struggle to maintain artistic control over his work, the string of failed marriages, and eventual exile from Hollywood after persecution for his left-wing politics and personal scandals. My Autobiography is an evocative and compelling account of one of the twentieth century’s most remarkable lives.

‘Tells so much about this curious, difficult man … a wonderfully vivid imagination’ 
The New York Times

With an Introduction by David Robinson

Follow Alex Campbell, a sardonic 40 year old, atypical real estate agent, as he stumbles into his first listing, complete with a dead body. Wanda Billings, outspoken friend, not-so-staid mortgage broker, co-owner of Salon Wanda. Lexi the installation artist and friend of mob boss Tony. "Stinky," the Winterfrost Real Estate madam and A-list agent to Clinton's nouveau elite. Fred Carlton, former choir master turned S&M coach and suburban salt box home buyer. The Tilberts, an old guard Bluffs family with not-so-well adjusted grown children trying to sell their mother's estate. And Clyde, the shaggy dog everyone likes. All part of Clinton, a mid-size city filled with odd ball characters with all too real histories and quirks.

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