Writer and psychologist Jane Allen lives in Bowral, New South Wales, Australia.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments     Prologue: Los Angeles (Tuesday, September 14, 1971)     1 Italy: The Beginning     2 Domani è troppo tardi     3 Teresa     4 Hollywood (1951–1952)     5 Kirk     6 James Dean     7 The Wedding     8 Perry     9 The Bubble Bursts     10 The Watershed     11 Return to Rome     12 Breakdown     13 Return to Hollywood     Epilogue Requiescat in Pace     Appendix     Filmography     Notes     Bibliography     Index

“a biography of unparalleled class...captured Pier’s personality vividly and completely...research is superb...Allen is a good writer...I absolutely loved this thoughtful, sensitive, photo-filled, extremely fascinating, bio...it really delivered the goods...a definite winner”—Classic Images; “Written with compassion...this is one of the best biographies I’ve read in a while and establishes the quality that McFarland is know for...a well-written, biting biography”—journeysinclassicfilm.com.

Writer and psychologist Jane Allen lives in Bowral, New South Wales, Australia.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments     Prologue: Los Angeles (Tuesday, September 14, 1971)     1 Italy: The Beginning     2 Domani è troppo tardi     3 Teresa     4 Hollywood (1951–1952)     5 Kirk     6 James Dean     7 The Wedding     8 Perry     9 The Bubble Bursts     10 The Watershed     11 Return to Rome     12 Breakdown     13 Return to Hollywood     Epilogue Requiescat in Pace     Appendix     Filmography     Notes     Bibliography     Index

“a biography of unparalleled class...captured Pier’s personality vividly and completely...research is superb...Allen is a good writer...I absolutely loved this thoughtful, sensitive, photo-filled, extremely fascinating, bio...it really delivered the goods...a definite winner”—Classic Images; “Written with compassion...this is one of the best biographies I’ve read in a while and establishes the quality that McFarland is know for...a well-written, biting biography”—journeysinclassicfilm.com.

Writer and psychologist Jane Allen lives in Bowral, New South Wales, Australia.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments     Prologue: Los Angeles (Tuesday, September 14, 1971)     1 Italy: The Beginning     2 Domani è troppo tardi     3 Teresa     4 Hollywood (1951–1952)     5 Kirk     6 James Dean     7 The Wedding     8 Perry     9 The Bubble Bursts     10 The Watershed     11 Return to Rome     12 Breakdown     13 Return to Hollywood     Epilogue Requiescat in Pace     Appendix     Filmography     Notes     Bibliography     Index

“a biography of unparalleled class...captured Pier’s personality vividly and completely...research is superb...Allen is a good writer...I absolutely loved this thoughtful, sensitive, photo-filled, extremely fascinating, bio...it really delivered the goods...a definite winner”—Classic Images; “Written with compassion...this is one of the best biographies I’ve read in a while and establishes the quality that McFarland is know for...a well-written, biting biography”—journeysinclassicfilm.com.