{"product_id":"hitch","title":"Hitch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis biography of Alfred Hitchcock is as intriguing, revealing, perverse, and entertaining as any of his classic films.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The best book yet about the movies’ most famous director' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'No one will ever top \u003ci\u003eHitch\u003c\/i\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e Jimmy Stewart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of cinema's greatest directors, a virtuoso visual artist, and a genius of the suspense genre, Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980) is universally known for such masterpieces as \u003ci\u003eStrangers on a Train, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Birds.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut he was also a famously difficult and complex man, prone to arguing with studios and stars alike.  In writing this biography, John Russell Taylor, a distinguished film critic and friend of Hitchcock's, enjoyed his full cooperation. Based on numerous interviews, with photos from the private family albums, and an in-depth study of the making of his last film, this biography of the director is as intriguing, revealing, perverse, and entertaining as any Hitchcock classic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56107915542872,"sku":"9781448216642","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781448216642.jpg?v=1778710525","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/hitch","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}