Rock critic KEN TUCKER has a review of "Pretty Close to the Truth" (Atlantic), the new record...

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PETER MANSO's book "Brando: The Biography" was the result of seven years of research and over 700 interviews.

7 years · researchmore than 700 interviews · interviews PETER MANSO, biographer

The CBS mini-series "Scarlett" is an eight-hour program that starts this Sunday.

8 hours · mini-series DAVID BIANCULLI, TV critic

Rock critic KEN TUCKER has a review of "Pretty Close to the Truth" (Atlantic), the new recording by Jim Lauderdale. INT. 2: Biographer PETER MANSO. He''s written "Brando: The Biography" (Hyperion), the result of seven years of research and over 700 interviews. It tells the story of Brando as a man with a hidden troubled life. MANSO is also the author of an oral biography of Norman Mailer. REV. 2: TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews "Scarlett," CBS'' eight-hour mini-series that starts this Sunday.

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