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Son of Harpo Speaks!: A Family Portrait Audiobook
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Bill Marx is the last living person to have worked professionally with the three Marx Brothers: his uncles, Chico and Groucho, and his father, Harpo Marx. Because Chico and Groucho had children that had written about them, Bill Marx wanted to complete the Marx Brothers' literary trifecta by authoring a book about the personal and professional relationships that he had with his father. Son of Harpo Speaks!, in addition to offering a unique perspective of a very special man and revealing many stories never before in print, is also a book about a "too-Hollywood-to-believe" life-altering quirk of fate that ultimately brought him together with his parents.
The background for this remarkable revelation unfolded unassumingly over a glass of wine and some conversation in the famous 1960s nightclub, Dino's Lodge, on Hollywood's Sunset Strip. It would subsequently lead the author to explore the complex life task of dealing with his emotional scars of rejection and the secure feelings of acceptance, the latter due to his overwhelmingly good fortune of having been adopted by two loving parents. Plenty of "show-biz" and "sizzle" are also sprinkled throughout to make for a very enjoyable read.
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"I LOVED this book!! It was everything I wanted it to be. It occured to me that it might not be what I wanted after reading "Harpo Speaks!" about a dozen times (it's so much fun) but this book satisfied all my un-gelled(?) expectations. Wonderful. Thanks for writing it, Bill."
— Nancy (5 out of 5 stars)
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" A very interesting rad. "
— Juli, 4/14/2012 -
" A very interesting rad. "
— Juli, 4/14/2012 -
" I LOVED this book!! It was everything I wanted it to be. It occured to me that it might not be what I wanted after reading "Harpo Speaks!" about a dozen times (it's so much fun) but this book satisfied all my un-gelled(?) expectations. Wonderful. Thanks for writing it, Bill. "
— Nancy, 2/18/2012
About Bill Marx
Bill Marx, adopted son of Harpo Marx and Susan Fleming, studied composition at Juilliard. He has composed concerti for numerous instruments and performed across the country as a jazz pianist.