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Jeffrey Tambor



May 2017. 384p. Crown Archetype, hardcover, $27

REVIEW. First published May 2017. 384p. Crown Archetype, hardcover, $27 (9780451496355) . 791.45.First published May 16, 2017 (Booklist Online).

Actor Tambor’s charming memoir opens with a series of letters he wrote to the book editor and his reps, who were trying to convince him to pen his life story. Obviously, his answer was yes, as he goes on to recount his youthful struggles, his lifelong passion for the theater, and his film and television work, from his indelible role as Hank in HBO’s The Larry Sanders Show. Tambor is candid about the unhappiness of his childhood as well as his own missteps, from admitting that taking a role onstage in the musical La Cage aux Folles was a mistake to delving into his time as a Scientologist, before his wife Kasia was deemed a “suppressive person” and he left the organization. Fans of Tambor’s recent work on the small screen in Arrested Development and Transparent will enjoy the final chapters of the book, where Tambor details the madcap fun of playing the Bluth twins George Sr. and Oscar and the research he did in preparation to play Maura, the transgender character at the heart of Amazon’s seminal show. Entertainment enthusiasts, readers interested in the history of TV, and, naturally, the many fans of Tambor’s work will find much to delight in here. Kristine Huntley Actor Tambor’s charming memoir opens with a series of letters he wrote to the book editor and his reps, who were trying to convince him to pen his life story. Obviously, his answer was yes, as he goes on to recount his youthful struggles, his lifelong passion for the theater, and his film and television work, from his indelible role as Hank in HBO’s. Tambor is candid about the unhappiness of his childhood as well as his own missteps, from admitting that taking a role onstage in the musicalwas a mistake to delving into his time as a Scientologist, before his wife Kasia was deemed a “suppressive person” and he left the organization. Fans of Tambor’s recent work on the small screen inandwill enjoy the final chapters of the book, where Tambor details the madcap fun of playing the Bluth twins George Sr. and Oscar and the research he did in preparation to play Maura, the transgender character at the heart of Amazon’s seminal show. Entertainment enthusiasts, readers interested in the history of TV, and, naturally, the many fans of Tambor’s work will find much to delight in here. Find more titles by Jeffrey Tambor Adult Books - Nonfiction - Arts - Movies & Television

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