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An in-depth look at the double life of one of the world’s most recognizable film stars.

Paramount groomed him to replace the late James Dean and become Hollywood’s hottest heartthrob. But his landmark performance as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho killed that—and spawned an image of Anthony Perkins that eerily paralleled his conflicted, fractured off-screen life.

Compelling and surprising, here is the first in-depth look at the complicated journey of one of the most recognizable icons in film history—completely updated and revised for the book’s 10-year anniversary and reissued to coincide with Perkins’ April 4 birthday. Anthony Perkins: Split Image insightfully and comprehensively documents the life of this great actor, who was forced to act the part of ladies’ man while privately struggling with his own homosexuality—and his search for acceptance.

Newly revised and updated for this tenth anniversary edition, Anthony Perkins: Split Image is both a harrowing look at life in the Hollywood closet and a poignant human drama that will change your vision of Anthony Perkins forever.