{"product_id":"the-giant","title":"The Giant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Gloriously unruly...an incisive look at an artist who never recovered from the success of his youth.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom graphic novelist Youssef Daoudi comes a radically new look at the director of \u003ci\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTouch of Evil: \u003c\/i\u003elegendary filmmaker Orson Welles.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong after his death in 1985, the shadow of Orson Welles still looms over Hollywood. By twenty-three, Welles had revolutionized theatre and radio with \u003ci\u003eThe War of the Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e; by twenty-five, he had secured his place in history with his debut film, \u003ci\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/i\u003e. Yet four films and less than a decade later, his career suffered a spectacular collapse, and Welles, once the most promising director in America, was written off as a \"would-be genius\"--a bad bet in an increasingly money-conscious industry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Giant, \u003c\/i\u003e Youssef Daoudi weaves together reality and mythology to create a radical new look at one of Hollywood's most legendary figures and poses a question as timeless as Orson Welles himself: What happens when a true artist comes up against the rest of the world?","brand":"23rd Street Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50849650671848,"sku":"9781250805942","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/9539\/3512\/files\/imageloader_a45e7653-ed1c-4f71-b7c0-0ebca75bb157.jpg?v=1790344902","url":"https:\/\/kuumba-47muwsn1.myshopify.com\/products\/the-giant","provider":"Kuumba","version":"1.0","type":"link"}