Rock hudson biography by sara davison

What a haunting, charming, confusing, and lovingly-written story of Rock Hudson, the first high-profile AIDS victim.

The opening pages of this book were confusing, until I could fully grasp Davidson's vision.

On Wednesday morning, October 2, , Rock was in bed at his home watching the Today show.

On Wednesday morning, October 2, , Rock was in bed at his home watching the Today show.

This biography draws on interviews with the actor, all of his relevant letters, photographs, and documents, and interviews with his colleagues and friends.

Sara Davison is author of bestselling novels Cowboy and Loose Change.

Written by Sara Davidson at Rock Hudson's request, it is filled with many pictures and anecdotes.

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We enter Rock Hudson's stately California home, to a series of eery, strange vignettes: As Davidson interviews Hudson, she notices the men, including friends, servants, ex-lovers, and almost-lovers, quietly attending to Hudson's needs in her periphery.

There's the butler, James; long-time friend and personal assistant, Mark Miller; ex-lover Tom Clark, who was abandoned by Hudson in New York when Hudson took a new lover, Marc Christian, and yet remained Hudson's fiercest protector in his final months; and creepiest of all, there was ex-lover Marc Christian, refusing to vacate the house despite Hudson's demands, polishing his car in the driveway.

It felt like some sort of German cinematic nonsense, and I wasn't sure I was curious enough t