# Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise - Hardcover

by **Scott Eyman** (Author)

**Film historian and acclaimed** **_New York Times_** **bestselling biographer Scott Eyman has written the definitive, "captivating" (Associated Press) biography of Hollywood legend Cary Grant, one of the most accomplished--and beloved--actors of his generation, who remains as popular as ever today.**

Born Archibald Leach in 1904, he came to America as a teenaged acrobat to find fame and fortune, but he was always haunted by his past. His father was a feckless alcoholic, and his mother was committed to an asylum when Archie was eleven years old. He believed her to be dead until he was informed she was alive when he was thirty-one years old. Because of this experience Grant would have difficulty forming close attachments throughout his life. He married five times and had numerous affairs.

Despite a remarkable degree of success, Grant remained deeply conflicted about his past, his present, his basic identity, and even the public that worshipped him in movies such as _Gunga Din_, _Notorious_, and _North by Northwest._

Drawing on Grant's own papers, extensive archival research, and interviews with family and friends, this is the definitive portrait of a movie immortal.

### Author Biography

Scott Eyman was formerly the literary critic at _The Palm Beach Post_ and is the author or coauthor of fifteen books, including the bestseller _John Wayne_ and _Pieces of My Heart_ and _You Must Remember This_ with actor Robert Wagner. Eyman also writes book reviews for _The Wall Street Journal_, and has written for _The New York Times_, _The Washington Post_, and the _Chicago Tribune_. He and his wife, Lynn, live in West Palm Beach

**Number of Pages:** 576

**Dimensions:** 1.8 x 9.3 x 6.6 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** October 20, 2020

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