This is an account of Yul Brynner's life by his son. It describes his love-hate relationship with his father; his bitterness at Yul's treatment of his mother, his admiration of Yul's talent, the battle to create his own identity and his reaction to the women in Yul's life.
Юл Бриннер. Человек-миф, человек-легенда, человек-загадка... Одни говорили, что он пел еще до революции в знаменитом цыганском хоре Соколовского, что отец его - сказочно богатый промышленник с Дальнего Востока. Другие - что он нищий бродяга
In this riveting medical detective story, Trent Stephens and Rock Brynner recount the history of thalidomide, from the epidemic of birth defects in the 1960's to the present day, as scientists work to create and test an alternative drug that captures thalidomide's curative properties without its cruel side effects. A parable about compassion-and the absence of it-Dark Remedy is a gripping account of thalidomide's extraordinary impact on the lives of individuals and nations over half a century.