{"product_id":"the-life-and-work-of-dennis-potter","title":"The Life and Work of Dennis Potter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first critical biography of the innovative television writer whose off-kilter creations helped spark the Golden Age of modern television.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTV writer Dennis Potter is widely credited with revolutionizing television. The innovative shows he created for the BBC, including \u003cem\u003eThe Singing Detective\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePennies from Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e, trailblazed new paths for genre-bending entertainment and demonstrated the creative possibilities of episodic television. Potter also adapted both of those shows into critically acclaimed major motion pictures: \u003cem\u003ePennies from Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e starring Steve Martin, and \u003cem\u003eThe Singing Detective\u003c\/em\u003e starring Robert Downey Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Life and Work of Dennis Potter\u003c\/em\u003e, W. Stephen Gilbert analyzes Potter's impressive body of work, emphasizing the dramatic interplay between his life and the medium he loved. At the age of twenty-four, Potter was diagnosed with psoriatic arthopathy, a rare debilitating skin disease whose horrors he portrayed with biting black humor through his alter ego, the character Michael Gambon in \u003cem\u003eThe Singing Detective\u003c\/em\u003e. Gilber traces Potter's career from its beginnings to his astonishing final interview to Melvyn Bragg, weeks before his death. Unforgettable for its honesty about life, work, and dying, the result was yet another gripping piece of television—and quintessential Dennis Potter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[T]he late dramatist's influence can be seen in many places, from \u003cem\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eMrs. Brown's Boys\u003c\/em\u003e.\" — \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Gilbert recalls the lacerating wit, passionate intelligence, and courage behind the television playwright responsible for \u003cem\u003eThe Singing Detective\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePennies from Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e.\" — \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Livre numérique Kobo","offer_id":46254647378130,"sku":"2153ebcf-33ea-360c-9ed0-b549e5f87b29","price":17.59,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/image_4f092781-808a-42ba-9bf3-8621d6739615.jpg?v=1762813425","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/fr\/products\/the-life-and-work-of-dennis-potter","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}