{"product_id":"groucho-and-me-9780306806667","title":"Groucho and Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Groucho Marx\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Artists, Architects, Photographers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An important contribution to the history of show business and to the saga of American comedy and comedians, comics and comicality.\"--James Thurber\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith impeccable timing, outrageous humor, irreverent wit, and a superb sense of the ridiculous, Groucho tells the saga of the Marx Brothers: the poverty of their childhood in New York's Upper East Side; the crooked world of small-time vaudeville (where they learned to carry blackjacks); how a pretzel magnate and the graceless dancer of his dreams led to the Marx Brothers' first Broadway hit, \u003ci\u003eI'll Say She Is!\u003c\/i\u003e; how the stock market crash in 1929 proved a godsend for Groucho (even though he lost nearly a quarter of a million dollars); the adventures of the Marx Brothers in Hollywood, the making of their hilarious films, and Groucho's triumphant television series, \u003ci\u003e You Bet Your Life!\u003c\/i\u003e Here is the life and lunatic times of the great eccentric genius, Groucho, a.k.a. Julius Henry Marx.","brand":"Da Capo Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45114655244439,"sku":"9780306806667","price":1683.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780306806667.webp?v=1767269955","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/groucho-and-me-9780306806667","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}