Hearts and Minds - by Axel Madsen (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A dual biography of the two most influential socio-political moralists of the twentieth century, whose lives were intertwined personally and intellectually for more than forty-six years. Madsen provides an engrossing view of the luminously transparent relationship that was unconventional yet faithful to its ideals. <br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Axel Madsen is an admirably informed and persuasive writer . . . He has produced a rare thing: a dual biography which manages not to slight either of its subjects . . . A welcome, stimulating report." --Larry McMurtry, <i>The</i> <i>Washington Post</i> <p/> <br> "Splendid . . . Presents Sartre and de Beauvoir in convincing human terms." --<i>Los Angeles Times</i> <p/> <br> "Fascinating throughout." --<i>The Christian Science Monitor</i> <br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Axel Madsen authored twenty-two books, including sixteen biographies. His most notable works include an in-depth look at the life of a legendary fashion icon, <i>Chanel: A Woman of Her Own</i>, and an investigation of the relationship between Gloria Swanson and Joe Kennedy, <i>Gloria and Joe: The Star-Crossed Love Affair of Gloria Swanson and Joe Kennedy</i>. Madsen began his journalism career as a legman for columnist Art Buchwald in Paris, and later wrote one of the first books on television's longest-running news magazine show, <i>60 Minutes: The Power and the Politics of America's Most Popular TV News Show</i>. As a 20th Century Fox publicist, he handled Robert Redford, Paul Newman, and George C. Scott, and was fired off <i>Myra Breckinridge</i> for siding with director Mike Sarne against producer Robert Fryer. His Hollywood biographies include the life stories of directors William Wyler, John Huston, and Barbara Stanwyck, as well as an examination of Golden Age Hollywood's gay underground in <i>The Sewing Circle</i>. He wrote and produced the ITV documentary version of <i>The Sewing Circle</i>. Over the years, Madsen interviewed scores of movers and shakers, from legends like Goldwyn and Selznick to directors like Howard Hawks, Louis Milestone, and Rouben Mamoulian. Madsen died in 2007. <p/>
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