Orson Welles, Volume 2

Simon Callow is to be commended for Hello Americans, as it is not only the best biography of Welles that we can possibly have, it is also one of the best biographies in any field I’ve read in years – Sunday Express * Roger Lewis *The research is breathtaking. The book is bursting with details, references and anecdotes – James Christopher * The Times *Hello Americans is full of witty asides…As a biographer, Callow is a match for his subject in terms of showmanship, but he has gifts of analysis that eluded Welles… enchanting – Christopher Silvester * Sunday Times *There is here some of the most vivid and instructive writing on the craft of movie and stage acting I’ve ever read – Philip French * Observer *This is a bitter-sweet book: we say goodbye to the very best of company but we also look forward to Callow bringing that company back to life in his third volume – Tom Dewe Matthews * Independent on Sunday *Callow’s precise prose and sober judgement make this second volume of biography one to be cherished and leaves one eagerly anticipating volume three – Michael Arditti * Daily Mail *Callow’s riveting and superlative biography satisfies at every level, and I for one cannot wait for the next volume – Frank McLynn * Literary Review *A vivid, sympathetic account… provides a definitive explanation of Welles’s ultimate, lingering downfall * Financial Times *I am already looking forward to [the third volume] such is Callow’s sympathetic absorption in the mass of material, which he handles with a light and ironic touch, that I found myself utterly hooked… As an actor himself Callow writes illuminatingly about Welles’s performances * Mail on Sunday *Callow’s enterprise is one of the rarest in publishing. It leaves the reader dry-mouthed with anticipation for his final, third volume – Alan Warner * Guardian *

Simon Callow is an actor, director and writer. He has appeared on the stage and in many films, including the hugely popular Four Weddings and a Funeral. His books include Being an Actor, Shooting the Actor, Love is Where it Falls, the first two volumes of his four-volume life of Orson Welles, his theatrical memoir My Life in Pieces, and, most recently, the highly acclaimed Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World.

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