{"title":"Gavin Edwards","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"last-night-at-the-viper-room-paperback","title":"Last Night at the Viper Room - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLast Night at the Viper Room\u003c\/em\u003e, acclaimed author and journalist Gavin Edwards vividly recounts the life and tragic death of acclaimed actor River Phoenix--a teen idol on the fast track to Hollywood royalty who died of a drug overdose in front of West Hollywood's storied club, the Viper Room, at the age of 23.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLast Night at the Viper Room\u003c\/em\u003e explores the young star's life, including his childhood in Venezuela growing up under the aegis of the cultish Children of God. Putting him at the center of a new generation of leading men emerging in the early 1990s-- including Johnny Depp, Keanu Reeves, Brad Pitt, Nicolas Cage, and Leonardo DiCaprio--Gavin Edwards traces the Academy Award nominee's meteoric rise, couches him in an examination of the 1990s, and illuminates his lasting legacy on Hollywood and popular culture itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the dawn of the 1990s, a new crew of leading men--Johnny Depp, Nicolas Cage, Keanu Reeves, and Brad Pitt--was rocketing toward stardom. River Phoenix, however, stood in front of the pack. But behind Phoenix's talent and beautiful public face was a young man who had been raised in a cult by nonconformist parents, who was burdened with supporting his family from a young age, and who eventually succumbed to addiction, dying of an overdose in front of the Viper Room, West Hollywood's storied club, at twenty-three.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLast Night at the Viper Room\u003c\/em\u003e is part biography, part cultural history of the 1990s, and part celebration of a Hollywood icon gone too soon. Full of interviews from his fellow actors, directors, friends, and family, \u003cem\u003eLast Night at the Viper Room\u003c\/em\u003e shows the role River Phoenix played in creating the place of the actor in our modern culture and the impact his work still makes today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377338286303,"sku":"9780062273178","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/KDjSpUF9id9780062273178.webp?v=1789232836"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/gavin-edwards.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}