Ball of Fire : The Tumultuous Life & Comic Art of Lucille Ball by Stefan Kanfer

191 in stock

196mm x 124mm x 23mm

Pages: 358

To viewers worldwide Ball remains the ultimate screwball housewife, getting in and out of outlandish scrapes with hilarious finesse. Stefan Kanfers biography looks behind the image, tracing Balls comedic genius to its beginnings in a lonely childhood in upstate New York. En route Kanfer chronicles the runaway success of the sitcom I Love Lucy, the fiery marriage and eventual split from Desi - the Cuban bandleader who made her famous - and Balls struggles to manage both a business empire and her own rebellious children.