Harpo Speaks!
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (971 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0879100362 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 482 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Fascinating and endearing account of a bygone world Amazon Customer Others summarize the book well enough that I don't need to do it. I love good stories about people - how they survive, how they learn, how they feel about things and how they see the world. Harpo's life is amazing, and he shares a view of the U.S. and the world that m. Without a doubt my favorite memoir true britty I don't know why I love this book so much. I love it the way some people love puppies or rain storms or sunsets. It is a natural wonder and I still daydream about it years after my first reading.Just to let you know, I read it in a car on a cross-country journey. When. What a wonderful book about a wonderful man and his family and Susie Q What a wonderful book about a wonderful man and his family and friends! It was a rollercoaster ride through Harpo's life with all its zaniness and ups and downs. His remarkable mother, Minnie was a delightful influence on him and his brothers. His cheerfulness and sun
(Limelight). "This is a riotous story which is reasonably mad and as accurate as a Marx brother can make it. Highly recommended." Library Journal "A funny, affectionate and unpretentious autobiography done with a sharply professional assist from Rowland Barber." New York Times Book Review. Despite only a year and a half of schooling, Harpo, or perhaps his collaborator, is the best writer of the Marx Brother
Wait'll you hear about what it means to "throw a Gookie." You'll never be able to watch a Marx Brothers movie again without looking for the Gookie! . Harpo's life was interesting in itself, but it also frequently intersected with the lives of other fascinating people, most notably his own brothers and drama critic Alexander Woolcott. Marx also was part of the legendary Algonquin Round Table; he's got plenty to say about that. To Marx Brothers fans who have yet to read this book: Put it off as long as you can, because once you are finished, you will wish you could read it again for the first time