Description: 1972 First EditionFirst Printing The Man Who Got AwaySumner Locke ElliottSigned & Inscribed (see photo)Good condition (see photos)Dust JacketPrice clippedpp. 282Dimensions: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 1 1/4"Mr. Elliott unravels the past of a television producer who has, ostensibly, vanished.Elliott was born in Sydney in 1917 to the writer Helena Sumner Locke and the journalist Henry Logan Elliott. His mother died of eclampsia one day after his birth. Elliott was raised by his aunts, who had a fierce custody battle over him, fictionalized in Elliott's autobiographical novel, Careful, He Might Hear You.Elliott began acting and writing for radio during his teens, and showed signs of a promising career during his twenties before he was called for administrative military service in World War II. In 1948, Elliott relocated to the United States where he became a highly regarded television scriptwriter. As a fiercely intelligent and bold person, he made a name for himself, until the era of live television drama ended in the early 1960s.Elliott remained in the United States for the remainder of his life although he increasingly developed a following among Australian readers, Elliott remained uncomfortable with his country of birth, in no small part due to his homosexuality, which had marked him out for difference during his youth. He spent his final years in New York City, dying of cancer in 1991.
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Sumner Locke Elliott
Publisher: Harper & Row
Topic: Drama
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Character Family: George
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