John Lahr discusses and signs "Tennessee Williams"

Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood welcomes former drama critic for The New Yorker John Lahr to the store to discuss and sign his new book, Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh, on Wednesday, October 8th at 7pm.

Tennessee Williams gives intimate access to the mind of one of the most brilliant dramatists of his century, a man whose plays reshaped the American theater and the nation’s sense of itself. This biography sheds a light on Tennessee Williams’ warring family, his guilt, his creative triumphs and failures, his sexuality and numerous affairs, his misreported death, even the shenanigans surrounding his estate.

As much a deeply personal look at the man, as it is a trenchant exploration of his plays and the tortured process of bringing them to stage and screen, this is a biography of the highest order: a book about the major American playwright of his time written by the major American drama critic of his time.

John Lahr was the senior drama critic of The New Yorker for over two decades. He divides his time between London and New York.