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HOW HOLLYWOOD TAUGHT US TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE FIFTIES 'Nothing escapes Peter Biskind... His book is indispensable reading for anyone interested in American cinema or recent American history' MICHAEL WOOD, author of AMERICA IN THE MOVIES

About the Author

Peter Biskind, former executive editor of Premiere, is the author of The Godfather Companion and Easy Riders, Raging Bulls. A contributing editor at Vanity Fair, he has written for amongst others The New York Times, The Washington Post and Rolling Stone.

Reviews

"Nothing escapes Peter Biskind and he is very funny. His book is indispensable reading for anyone interested in American cinema or recent American history."--Michael Wood, author of "America in the Movies"
"A brilliant and imaginative analysis of the political and sexual crosscurrents of the fifties in the movies."--Barbara Ehrenreich, author of "Blood Rites"