In this unusually frank book Scott Thorson tells all: the good, the bad, and the ugly truths about a legendary entertainer who went to outrageous extremes to prevent public knowledge of his homosexuality. Liberace's unhappy childhood, dominated by a mother determined to force him into a concert career, serves as the prologue for a story that goes on to detail Liberace's early appearances in honky-tonks, his move to New York to seek fame, and, finally, his first booking in Las Vegas, where he was courted by the Mafia. His successes create a bright counterpoint to a darker tale of a man hungry...

As I sit here and get ready to put pen to paper I can only pray that God works through the words that are being written. I pray that this book falls into the hands of a teenager that feels unloved, the man who may be about to abandon his family or even the woman that has just endured another beating from her husband. I hope this book can prevent even one person from filling the empty spaces in their heart with drugs, alcohol or satisfaction from worldly success. My hope is that through this book they will come to realize that only God can fill those empty spaces.