Split Image: the Life of Anthony Perkins by Winecoff, Charles - 1997

New York, New York, U. S. A.: E P Dutton. New with no dust jacket. 1997. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. NEW - "Much more than a celebrity tell-all. Required reading for anyone wanting a peek at the high price of stardom and homophobia. " - Milwaukee Journal Sentinal. Who is Anthony Perkins? The author was asked that continually as he interviewed individuals for this book. He grew up around the corner from Perkins, and often felt his own life was in sync with his. After all, in Psycho he was a strange man who spent much of his time alone, the rest with his mother. The author, twelve years old at the time, did the same thing. When the author moved to Los Angeles, Tony Perkins came into the bookstore he worked at. "I began to feel he was following me. " Winecoff says in the author's note. But here is the story of Tony Perkins, from his childhood to his death from AIDS. 482 pages, with 14 pages of photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. .