Desi Arnaz’s long-out-of-print memoir, A Book, is back. The legendary bandleader and I Love Lucy star originally released his book in 1976. Fifty years later, an expanded edition has been announced by how daughter, Lucie Arnaz Luckinbill.
In a post to Instagram, Luckinbill shared the cover of the new edition of the book, with the caption, “We at Desilu, too LLC are so very proud to announce the Release of my father’s 1976 NY Times best-selling autobiography, A BOOK! This is also an ‘expanded’ edition with a variety of written materials culled from the papers he left behind and it is quite a read.”
Luckinbill also gave a “congratulations" to her dad, who died in 1986 at age 69.
The full title of the 50-year-old tell-all is A Book (Expanded Edition): The Outspoken Memoirs of the Man Who ‘Loved Lucy’-And Revolutionized Television. A teaser reveals that the new edition features “Exclusive New Material with Commentary by Lucie Arnaz." The book includes 41 chapters with no titles and follows Arnaz's childhood in Cuba to his whirlwind romance with Lucille Ball to their I Love Lucy and television production fame and the aftermath of their devastating 1960 divorce.
A synopsis for the book reveals that the new print features additions from Arnaz’s uncompleted, never-published second memoir and new photos throughout.
Fifty years ago, Arnaz promoted his memoir with a rare appearance as guest host on the first season of Saturday Night Live. The February 21, 1976, appearance also featured Arnaz’s son, Desi Jr., and culminated with a conga line around the SNL studio.
Arnaz also turned up on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, where the late-night host teased him about the two-word title of his book.
“Well, what do you want me to call it, A Pencil?” Arnaz cracked.
"No, I really was going crazy with all the titles that they suggest you know,” the TV legend continued. “So you know you do a thing like this, I've never done a book in my life, and I never, don't even like to write letters. And when they asked me to do this thing, then towards the end they send you a thousand different things. …when we have time, about an hour and a half one day, I'll read you the whole list. So I figured I just call it what it is, A Book.”
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