{"product_id":"9780385495769","title":"Rat Pack Confidential: Frank, Dean, Sammy, Peter, Joey and the Last Great Show Biz Party","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eLevy, Shawn\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCrown\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7\/20\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor the first time, the full story of what happened when Frank brought his best pals to party in a land called Vegas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eJanuary  1960.  Las Vegas is at its smooth, cool peak.  The Strip is a jet-age  theme park, and the greatest singer in the history of American popular  music summons a group of friends there to make a movie.  One is an  insouciant singer of Italian songs, ex-partner to the most popular film  comedian of the day.  One is a short, black, Jewish, one-eyed, singing,  dancing wonder.  One is an upper-crust British pretty boy turned  degenerate B-movie star actor, brother-in-law to an ascendant  politician.  And one is a stiff-shouldered comic with the quintessential  Borscht Belt emcee’s knack for needling one-liners.  The  architectonically sleek marquee of the Sands Hotel announces their  presence simply by listing their names:  FRANK SINATRA.  DEAN MARTIN.   SAMMY DAVIS, JR.  PETER LAWFORD.  JOEY BISHOP.  Around them an entire  cast gathers:  actors, comics, singers, songwriters, gangsters,  politicians, and women, as well as thousands of starstruck everyday  folks who fork over pocketfuls of money for the privilege of basking in  their presence.  They call themselves The Clan.  But to an awed world,  they are known as The Rat Pack.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey had it all.  Fame.  Gorgeous  women.  A fabulouse playground of a city and all the money in the  world.  The backing of fearsome crime lords and the blessing of the  President of the United States.  But the dark side–over the thin line  between pleasure and debauchery, between swinging self-confidence and  brutal arrogance–took its toll.  In four years, their great ride was  over, and showbiz was never the same.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcclaimed Jerry Lewis  biographer Shawn Levy has written a dazzling portrait of a time when  neon brightness cast sordid shadows.  It was Frank’s World, and we just  lived in it.","brand":"Crown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43365530796287,"sku":"9780385495769","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780385495769_s600x595.jpg?v=1775597231","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780385495769","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}