Books by Eric Lax and Complete Book Reviews
Eric Lax, Author . $30, Knopf
(416p) ISBN (390p) ISBN 978-0375415333
Woody Allen biographer Lax has been conversing with the elusive, beloved film director for 36 years, and here's the proof: transcripts of their detailed shoptalk distilled into chapters covering seven elements of filmmaking—writing, casting,...
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Eric Lax, Author . Holt $25 (307p) ISBN 978-0-8050-6790-3
This book sets out to correct the misapprehension that Alexander Fleming, the first scientist to discover the antibacterial properties of the mold Penicillium notatum
, was also responsible for developing the wonder drug that saved countless lives...
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Eric Lax, Author Vintage Books USA $13 (395p) ISBN 978-0-679-73847-3
A feast for fans, this biography--a 10-week PW bestseller in cloth--leans heavily on Allen's own comments. Photos. Author tour. (July)
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Eric Lax, Author Turner Publications Inc $29.95 (192p) ISBN 978-1-57036-286-6
The life of one of Hollywood's most enduring stars gets a quick once-over in this coffee-table biography. The most attractive feature of the book is the array of dozens of handsomely reproduced photographs, many in color, of Newman at various stages
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Eric Lax. Knopf, $28.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-385-35249-9
Lax (Faith, Interrupted), author of several books on Woody Allen including a 1991 biography, charts the director’s creative process, from script writing through postproduction, using the 2015 film Irrational Man as a case study. Lax’s book provides...
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Eric Lax, Author, Jonathan B. Segal, Editor Alfred A Knopf Inc $24 (385p) ISBN 978-0-394-58349-5
A feast for fans, this biography leans heavily on Woody Allen's own comments, interwoven verbatim with a shrewd, disarming portrait of an artist who feels ``enormously alienated from other people.'' Lax ( On Being Funny: Woody Allen and Comedy ) is...
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Robert Peter Gale, M.D., and Eric Lax. Knopf, $25.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-307-95969-0
Oncologist and bone marrow transplant specialist Gale (Final Warning: The Legacy of Chernobyl, with Thomas Hauser) has ventured into the world's top "hot spots"—Chernobyl and Fukushima—and emerged to assure us that our worries about radiation are...
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